“I was born in 66, too young of course to fight in Vietnam”
Be glad it was a terrible time. I went to college in 66 and when the draft (They called it the Lottery) came we all sat around and watched the numbers get drawn. One guy in my Sociology class drew 5 so the next day he gave me all of his notes and left for Canada. I never saw him again. I knew guys who got killed and a friend of mine had to have 13 operations from stepping on a land mine and he still walked with a limp. Another guy I knew was a Cobra pilot. I think the life expectancy for a Cobra pilot was 90 days. He got shot down twice. Second time the co pilot’s head landed in his lap. He is still squirrely today. I wonder why? 50,000 guys dead to get involved in what was basically a Civil War in a little two bit country that in no way endangered our National Security.
Jane Fonda was a traitor for going over to N Vietnam and sitting on a gun turret and the only reason she was not brought up on treason charges (in my opinion) was because her father was a national icon and they just couldn’t bear to do it. But the war itself was insanity we never should have gotten involved. In the end we turned tail and ran and the North Vietnamese won and took over the whole country anyway.