NOTE from Jill: Much of the information below, was research from my dad, Hal, when putting this section together. I presumed he had taken much of it from Wikipedia, so please note that as you read through this postscript. I was busy with my young family, night school, and my job at Lockheed and reallyContinue reading “Postscript: Vietnam War”
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Vietnam War and the Draft Board
When I graduated from high school in 1962 and began my first full-time job as a tool and die apprenticeship there was no draft for the armed services. It was a strictly volunteer army. US soldiers were present in Vietnam for several years but ostensibly only as advisors. The Green Berets were advising the SouthContinue reading “Vietnam War and the Draft Board”
Long Story Short: A Collection of Stories by Hal Gunardson 