Reply #3: I think AWOL was the out

[twilight]

or moving to Canada. It was a lottery based on birthdate and they drew the numbers. Those with the lowest numbers went; higher numbers got out of it. Many afraid of ending up in Vietnam, enlisted to avoid going to Vietnam like my brother did.

If you have a serious health problem they won't take you or a psychiatric problem. Otherwise, unless you are a bonafide "conscientious objector" (like because you are a Jehovah's Witness, etc.) it is difficult to get out of it.

I think many did manage to stay out of the Vietnam war if they were in college. However, my memory is faint on this particular aspect. If you are seriously worried about getting drafted, sometimes *choke* enlisting is a way out of a perhaps horribe destiny, for those drafted are the ones that truly have no choice about where to go and who to sign-up with.

I do believe a draft will become because there is no real support for this so called war. If I was a young man, I'd be exploring all options and reading some of the anti-war books of the Vietnam era. I remember serving as a draft counselor briefly during this time and it was a pretty sad situation to be honest with you.

I often wonder if those that left at that time ever came back.

Best of luck to you in any event.

twilight

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