Having served, I consider myself very fortunate that none of my shipmates died.
Someday I'd like to hear your story Jon. Aviator, right? I think the mortality rate among naval aviators was 25% in a twenty year career? That was peace time mortality rate. 1 in 4, just during normal operations. High price indeed. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On May 18, 2016 7:09:43 PM EDT, Jon Agne via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >Sorry, just one more question: > >How many have seen their squadron mate on a morgue table? > >Carry on. Talk amongst yourselves. > >Jon > > >> On May 18, 2016, at 6:57 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes ><mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I was not around then and am thinking about myself when I was 18 and >now we have kid who just turned 18, I could not imagine a world where I >was being sent off to possibly die. The kid certainly could not imagine >it now days. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 18, 2016, at 5:36 PM, G Mann via Mercedes ><mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Vietnam era logic using a mix of fact and presumptions: >>> >>> 1. Cut off your junk and live as a woman with ZERO chance of >changing back. >>> Live with the culture as a tranny in 1960's, with all the social >rejection >>> that came with it, then. >>> >>> 2. Maintain a 2S student deferment, stay in college, get a degree, >and if >>> drafted, enter OCS and serve as an Officer. >>> >>> 3. Stay in college, chase hot chicks, play the draft lottery and >hope your >>> number doesn't get drawn. >>> >>> 4. Run North to Canada [eh], live as a draft dodger in Canada, wait >out the >>> war. >>> >>> 5. Join up in the service of your choice, hope you draw an MOS that >isn't >>> "line grunt cannon fodder" and spend your enlistment 2 yrs as a >clerk >>> typist in a stateside assignment. >>> >>> 6. Join up, volunteer of Vietnam.. take your chances you won't get >your >>> junk shot off and will survive the 1 yr tour.. >>> >>> You are 18 yrs. old.. faced with life for the first time in your >young >>> life.. you decide.. >>> >>> Facts indicate that few took option 1. Some tried to spoof induction >>> centers with the "Dress like a woman" but were found out.. and >inducted for >>> "special duty assignments" ... like permanent latrine duty.. [Hey.. >the >>> "new military had not arrived just yet, back then.] >>> >>> >>> >>> ><https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> >>> Virus-free. >>> www.avast.com >>> ><https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> >>> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >>> >>> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm thinking maybe a lot would convert to woman to avoid the draft >ala >>>> Klinger >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>>> On May 18, 2016, at 5:00 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < >>>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Kaleb wrote: >>>>>> Can you imagine how many men would have converted to identifying >as >>>> female back in the 60's? >>>>> >>>>> There weren't many back then, there aren't many today. >>>>> Someone is trying to do whatever - it certainly ain't us. >>>>> Media is playing us as schmucks. >>>>> mao >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
