My Vietnam era Army experiences made a man out of me, although not the kind of man the military brass intended. Today I remember the guys I knew who went off to Vietnam and didn't come back.
Thanks Eli. It also brought me into close contact with the working class guys who would go on to fight in Vietnam, an experience I would not have had otherwise as a UCLA student with a deferment. I learned a lot.
Wonderful colorful personal memoirs of a very strange and tragic time. Thank you Michael
Thanks Eli. It also brought me into close contact with the working class guys who would go on to fight in Vietnam, an experience I would not have had otherwise as a UCLA student with a deferment. I learned a lot.
So you were, for a time, literally a doughboy?
LOL! Yes, exactly!