During Viet Nam, most of my friends signed up for the Navy, Air Force, or Marines. So they could get into a specific MOS, (your assigned duty/job while in), and avoid being drafted into the Army as a bullet catcher. I checked into that. But, found it usually required 3 or 4 years active duty and up to 6 years reserve duty! I didn't think I could take mindless macho madness for that long.
When I got drafted, they told us we could either, "Lead, or follow". Conveniently not mentioning the, "Or, get out of the way!", option. Which more or less defined my 2 years in the Army! I think I was as happy to get out as my sergeants were to see me leave! Let me say I NEVER, nor do I now, have ANYTHING BUT THE GREATEST RESPECT for anyone serving their country! No matter how they or why they got in! My quarrel has ALWAYS been with the misinformed ego maniacs that get us into these wasteful and unnecessary messes in the first place!
Johnson died a sorry, broken man because of Nam. A fate I feel he richly deserved!
