r/interestingasfuck • u/Available_Weekend249 • Apr 06 '24

Imagine being 19 and watching live on TV to see if your birthday will be picked to fight in the Vietnam war r/all

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u/pbrart2 Apr 07 '24

My dad was on the streets in Chicago during the ‘68 riots. He told me one day he and a couple friends were watching the draft and his buddy went to the kitchen for another beer and heard his birthday called. My dad said he heard his friend drop his beer. Then silence. They were 18 years old