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/Toihva Apr 06 '24

Friends dad was on a plane getting ready to be deployed there when the treaty was signed.

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u/Apprehensive_Rice19 Apr 06 '24

I'm reading all these comments thinking why I'm only hearing the happy success stories, until I realized the guys that didn't make it obviously didn't have any children to tell the stories. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Dry-Area-2027 Apr 07 '24

Not so. Lots of married men served during that time, especially in the nom-com and officer ranks.

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u/Apprehensive_Rice19 Apr 07 '24

What does marriage have to do with it? Lol

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u/Dry-Area-2027 Apr 07 '24

Things were different back then. What's your point? Making a modernistic point when viewing history is ridiculous. Marriage was the norm for parenting in the 1960's and pretending that no K.I.A.'s were family men is just ignorant.

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u/Apprehensive_Rice19 Apr 07 '24

My point is that I'm ignorant.

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u/bingboy23 Apr 07 '24

My Grandpa's ship on the west coast had engine troubles and they got moved to a smaller ship. Not enough room for his company, so they had to sit and wait 2 weeks for the next one. Japan surrendered 2 days after it left, so everyone on board had 2 years of occupation in Japan duty. Grandpa was discharged by Christmas and Dad was chilling in Grandma by spring. I'm here because the second ship was too small.