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To: gundog

That was me,they were drafting everybody with a pulse. My Dad was WW2 Navy, older brother cold war Navy. Joined 4 year Navy, did about 1 1/2 year tech/mechanical schools before I ever saw a ship.
Made a good living for about 50 years after partly because of that training.


65 posted on 11/24/2023 2:37:41 PM PST by ExSafecracker (. . . FJB . . .)
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To: ExSafecracker

Our WWII military was about 61% drafted, all services drafted, including the Navy and Coast Guard, a lot of those Gung-ho Marines you read about were draftees.

Our WWII Army was about 93% draftees.


69 posted on 11/25/2023 5:04:01 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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