Bill Sornson wrote:
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:::: That's a true story, so it should be on record somewhere in the
:::: mess of military record keeping. What made that day memorable was
:::: that the Army bus that we started on broke down and we had to sit
:::: in the heat until another bus could pick us up. It was only about
:::: a 45 mile trip from San Jose up to Oakland and some of us were
:::: joking that if our guns were that good we really didn't want to be
:::: in the Army. The other little off the wall tidbit was that when we
:::: all had to strip butt naked and bend over for hemorrhoids checks,
:::: 3 or 4 guys got erections and were immediately shown to the door.
:::: That was in the days of "No queers allowed.".
:::: The whole experience reminded me of Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's
:::: Restaurant". I don't know how you would look it up but there must
:::: be some records of proceedings at the induction center dating to
:::: back then. It's true, even if strange.
:::: Basically, they told me I had too many traffic tickets and no
:::: respect for authority, so I wouldn't make a good little soldier.
:::: Bill (I tried) Baka
:::
::: Your last sentence makes a little sense, except they had guys called
::: "Drill Sergeants" that could solve that situation. I was draft
::: age during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and enlisted in the Air Force
::: only to flunk the physical, by Vietnam I had a family, if not I
::: would have been drafted even with the handicap. About the only
::: requirements for draft eligibility was a warm body and be able to
::: walk.
::
:: I personally know a guy who tells a story of getting in a brawl
:: (he's got monstrous guns to this day) and hitting a cop. Bottom
:: line choice he got was go to prison or enlist in the military. Next
:: stop, Vietnam.
::
:: Yet Bill says they rejected him for a few too many traffic tix! LOL
Maybe his memory is bad, Bill....perhaps get got erected for that other
reason they sent "guys" packing.
::
:: What a maroon. (If only the police had records, the Army had
:: records, his MOTHER had records, /then/ we'd all know he's not a
:: bullshitter! LOL indeed...)