Posted on 01/21/2019 11:45:47 AM PST by rktman
Didn’t think so.
Sometimes it’s hard not to so I do a search sometimes.
“The USMC was no longer in VN in 1973.”
Embassy Guards?
Last Marine combat units left in 71 as Nixon Vietnamized the war. Unless he fid four years with the embassy protection detachment his claim is bogus. In 72 he would have been 17. If he graduated recruit depot and Scool of Infantry it would have been 73. Were rookies out of School of Infantry assigned to Saigon Embassy durpty? Unlikely.
I always say I’m Cherokee, never say native American.
I think it wad a 2 year period, hetween lotto and call up.
Scroll down yo view the chart
https://www.sss.gov/About/History-And-Records/lotter1
“The last draft call was on December 7, 1972, and the authority to induct expired on June 30, 1973. The date of the last drawing for the lottery was on March 12, 1975. Registration with the Selective Service System was suspended on April 1, 1975, and registrant processing was suspended on January 27, 1976.”
Sss.gov
Weren’t the marines withdrawn from Vietnam in 1971?
Special Forces and Radio Research people stayed until the end. They were few, but they were there.
smb.manpower.mmsr6@usmc.mil
Or, mail your request to
Separation & Retirement Branch Head Retired Services (MMSR-6) 3280 Russell Road Quantico, VA 22134
https://usmc-mccs.org/contact/
I’m sure the time line is in this thread someplace. Embassy duty until the last second though.
I suspect POTUS checked out the guy’s military service info, before tweeting.... He probably knows the guys is a liar.
Thank you for bringing this into its proper perspective.
He could have enlisted in 1973, finished training and done a stint before the embassy disaster. Or could merely have served during that time, and been a “Vietnam Era” veteran.
Allied Troop Levels - Vietnam
Year American 1964 23,300 1965 184,300 1966 385,300 1967 536,100 1968 475,200 1970 334,600 1971 156,800 1972 24,200 1973 50americanwarlibrary.com
The last combat troops were gone in 1972 and the last combat operations ended even earlier - with the USMC leaving before the Army.
Maybe he was on a secret mission- you know, only him and Nixon knew about it./s
“He would have been 20 when the war ended in 1975 so perhaps when he was drafted at 18 he possibly could have been there in 1973;”
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U.S. military draft ends, Jan. 27, 1973
https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/us-military-draft-ends-jan-27-1973-072085
“If 64, why does he look 94?”
Too much firewater!
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