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milestogo

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11. Lots of young men in this audience.

Reply to Wild blueberry (Reply #10)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:18 PM

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This is really a piece of history. I remember when they announced the draft birthdays on live tv. A relative's birthday was the first one, but he was only 5 at the time.

One of my employers was the right age for this although he got a college deferment. But he said 7 young men who he played LaCrosse with in high school were killed in Viet Nam.

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