VietNam/Military ???

[Kook]

In the Viet Nam era, in real life...would Forrest Gump or Bubba really have been drafted? Too much time on my hands, but serious question.

 

[jms]

YES ,I am living proof !

 

[Tater]

I've seen a few in today's army!

 

[eagle359]

Yes. On a bad day OCS.

 

[Blackhawk]

Yes, I was drafted with and went thru Basic with a guy that was blind in one eye. Served in Vietnam with a SSG that had only one lung. There really didn't seem to be any rejection criteria.

 

[Jed]

I've seen a few in today's army!

Not just stateside either.

 

[Akajun]

I was watching FMJ with my dad once and I made the comment that no one like Gomer Pyle would have beed drafted. My dad said there were guys in Basic with him that had trouble tying shoes, could not read, did not know left from right. This was in 67 and 68, he said they were taking anyone.

 

[S&W4ME]

My Grandfather told me that as long as you had a working trigger finger they would take you

 

[jms]

My dad had just one eye ,he was drafted in WW 2 . Stationed somewhere in Texas .No way could he see to shoot a rifle .Very true situation.

 

[bayoukajun]

Pretty much all that was required during the Vietnam war was to have a detectable pulse.

Kajun.....

 

[Yrdawg]

Pretty much all that was required during the Vietnam war was to have a detectable pulse.

Kajun.....

Testify...saw some of the same gomers ...