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For Vietnam veterans April 14, 2012 9:12 am TB

The Virtual Wall.

I suspect most veterans already know about this, but I thought it was a good thing.

  • Thanks, TB. There was someone I had to look up. PFC HWM, US Army, aged 20. He didn't have ... by ER 2012-04-14 09:28:33
    • About two-thirds of Vietnam veterans were volunteers, not drafted. by TB 2012-04-14 10:47:43
      • Does that statistic apply to ALL who served? I know a lot of guys volunteered so they could get ... by ER 2012-04-14 12:44:15
        • Without a mandatory draft they would have had a very, very hard time finding ground combat people or Army pilots ... by bowser 2012-04-14 13:41:12
          • As far as I know, the fixed-wing flyboys were all commissioned, in all services. the chopper pilots in the Army ... by ER 2012-04-14 14:08:30
            • Many commissioned officers were there because of the draft. GWB comes to mind, had he gone there. They ... by bowser 2012-04-14 16:29:33
              • I can't take full credit for that. As a Reservist, I already had a year of drills, an abbreviated boot camp, ... by ER 2012-04-14 17:21:16
              • "I could not believe how well the military had their s**t together by the time we went to war in the Middle East." by TB 2012-04-14 14:26:10
                • They had it together only for the first phase, and they had a long time. The didn't, and don't, have it ... by bowser 2012-04-14 16:33:36
                  • I think ER was talking about the first Gulf War (Desert Storm). by TB 2012-04-14 17:46:27
                  • I don't doubt that my not being there had a lot to do with my opinion of what was going ... by ER 2012-04-14 15:03:53
                    • Agreed on the merits of the volunteer army. Conscription has always gone against my grain. by TB 2012-04-14 15:55:01
              • Good questions and good points. by TB 2012-04-14 12:53:42
                • Check out the "Cold War" and "Vietnam War" sections of this Wikipedia article, which addresses some of your points. by TB 2012-04-14 12:59:31

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