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Re: Remembering a buddy from high school who died in Vietnam

Posted by SLRT on Tue May 26 08:58:46 2015, in response to Re: Remembering a buddy from high school who died in Vietnam, posted by SMAZ on Tue May 26 07:16:38 2015.

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People had a sense of moral obligation in WW1 and WW2 that they didn't have during 'Nam. In 'Nam also there were many groups encouraging and supporting people in avoiding the military. Didn't happen in the earlier wars.

And so few people were needed compared to other wars and the pool of draftees was so large that they had liberal exemptions for getting out, like marriage and college. Yes, you got an exemption for simply being married; didn't even need kids.

And the canard that the war was fought by the poor and the black is a lie.

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