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I fund it ironic that the guy (Johnson) who started the build up in earnest with his phony Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is the same guy who pulled the plug when victory was at hand.
I was drafted in '67(no lottery then), the result of the massive build up of troops by Johnson.
If you were a young man & able to walk...u were scooped up.
Your only other options (if not in college) were a couple of yrs in a Federal prison or flee to Canada.
I went in & made the best of it. A stroke of incredible luck got me stationed in Yokohama after the initial training, where I was assigned to a support group for my comrades in Nam.
It's 2 yrs of my life I'll never forget.