Re: OT: Inaugural Ball

From: Jeannie Wilson (jwilson421_at_comcastspamkills.net)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:32:40 -0600

"kathycarp" <kathycarp@comcastprivacy.net> wrote here for all to
seenews:3MmdnSAljvQgy0HcRVn-2g@comcast.com:

> Since Eli served in Vietnam, I assume that he had no choice in joining
> the service, just as my husband didn't. There used to be this called
> called "the draft".

Yes, I grasp that but there were people who were not drafted and there were
people who joined voluntarily. There actually were people in the military
before Vietnam, weren't there?