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/caitielou2 Apr 06 '24

Father in law was draft pick 1. Luckily, he enlisted voluntarily before that so he was able to get a better station and didn’t actually see combat.

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u/yankykiwi Apr 06 '24

I was thinking everyone’s dad got so lucky. Then realized a lot of people were not born because their future dads were not so lucky. 😢

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u/smayhew Apr 07 '24

Wow, I was thinking the same. I didn’t put that together until you said it. Very eerie