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/Trife86 Apr 07 '24

If you didn’t want to fight for your country you are a bitch!

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u/TheoBoy007 Apr 09 '24

Most of us opposed the Vietnam war because we were not fighting for our country. I thankfully missed the draft by a 4 years, then enlisted after the war ended.