A cousin was drafted into the army. On showing up and being put on a bus, had a Marine recruiter or DI come on the bus and pick out several including my cousin.
Drafted into the USMC.
We had a few in the platoon replacing us at MCRD and I pitied the crap they would get. Being drafted had to suck, and then have to go through Marine bootcamp?
I was drafted.
8 of us out of about 200 had a blue sheet of paper on our induction record books.
They haul us off into separate room and a Marine 2nd Lt. comes in and tells us he is going to administer the oath. (I was 5’9” and weighed 160 and my concept of a Marine is John Wayne, so why do they want me ?)
One of us gets out of line and says no way...he’s joining the army.
A friend of mine from the hood sticks his head in the door, sees me and asks hey Dxxx what are you doing in here?
The 2nd Lt. goes into a drill instructor voice and says hey you get in here and stand next to him.
He does and we take the oath. Too Funny. I was with him up to VN then we got separated.
On the flight to MCRD San Diego boot camp, i gets to talking with the guy next to me and I tell him I was was drafted and I asked him about his enlistment...he tells me “The judge said...” again too funny.
Too funny was over cause then came the yellow footprints...