I joined in my Junior Year,
GED and Air Force Radio Man!
I escaped also,
Three hots and a Cot
Looked real good to me.
I was curious as to what job I could get in the Navy,
so I stopped by the recruiter and asked. He gave me a battery of tests to take, then handed me some more paperwork to sign, and since I was already filling out stuff, I did. Heh.
When I got home, I said, “Dad, I’ve joined the Navy.”
In the beginning of the recent movie “They Shall Not Grow Old” (restored vintage film of WWI - a GREAT!!! movie) it starts off in black and white and dubbed in with WWI veteran’s (England) from interviews done in the 1960’s.
Probably 20 or more short accounts of them joining up for the war.
“Well - my brother and I signed up straight off. He was 18, but I was only 15. But we thought we’d have a jolly good go at it. Be off the farm least ways. The recruiter wrote down my brother’s age, then said we were twins!”
“I joined when I was 16...”
“There was no work in our small town then, so this was a good out - and have an adventure - I was 17.”