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<blockquote data-quote="MisplacedRailWorker" data-source="post: 4618633" data-attributes="member: 67466">Don&#039;t regret that. If you had something else that worked out better, good that you steered clear especially in the 60s! I&#039;m assuming you had a long career after the early 60s and retired and probably would&#039;ve had a similar outcome if you had joined the Army. Well, minus the dying in Vietnam prt. My grandpa pretended to be illiterate and dumb when he went for the draft at Fort Hamilton, New York MEPS...Military doctors gave him a 4F, not eligible for military service. I mean he really played it all the way, lighting a cigarette in front of no smoking sign (although I don&#039;t know why there was a no smoking sign in the 70s) the staff in the military building yelled at him and he said &quot;sorry I don&#039;t know how to read&quot;My grandpa is walking out and they still give him lunch as promised for the day, he&#039;s passing two rows of guys waiting, most of all he knew from the old neighborhood, as they laughed at him for having the big red 4F stamped on his folder…….Not one of them made it home from &#039;Nam <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="MisplacedRailWorker, post: 4618633, member: 67466"] Don't regret that. If you had something else that worked out better, good that you steered clear especially in the 60s! I'm assuming you had a long career after the early 60s and retired and probably would've had a similar outcome if you had joined the Army. Well, minus the dying in Vietnam prt. My grandpa pretended to be illiterate and dumb when he went for the draft at Fort Hamilton, New York MEPS... Military doctors gave him a 4F, not eligible for military service. I mean he really played it all the way, lighting a cigarette in front of no smoking sign (although I don't know why there was a no smoking sign in the 70s) the staff in the military building yelled at him and he said "sorry I don't know how to read" My grandpa is walking out and they still give him lunch as promised for the day, he's passing two rows of guys waiting, most of all he knew from the old neighborhood, as they laughed at him for having the big red 4F stamped on his folder……. Not one of them made it home from 'Nam ;) [/QUOTE]

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