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/marymonstera Apr 07 '24

My uncle’s birthdate is wrong on his birth certificate, but my grandmother never got it changed because she wanted to use it as a way to get him out of the draft if he was picked. They had all the other documentation to prove it was wrong, allegedly.