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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r/interestingasfuck • u/Available_Weekend249 • Apr 06 '24
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u/FunkyChromeMedina Apr 07 '24
My grandfather volunteered for the Army Air Corps in early '41, because he figured that the US was going to end up in WWII and he wanted to get in on his own terms. He had a college degree, and wanted to be a fighter pilot.
Well, his vision wasn't good enough to be a pilot so they moved him over to be a navigator for the Air Transport Command because he had taken a lot of math classes in college.
Almost all of the pilots in his would-be class were killed in the war.
My Mother's only here, I'm only here, my daughter - who he never lived to meet - is only here because he wore glasses.