My respect to all that served and especially those serving now.
In 1965-66 a bunch of young men got drafted right out of high school and like me some chose an alternate branch than the army.
One kid I went to school with joined the air force and and became a para rescue.
He was a funny happy guy that everyone liked.
From what I know he got wounded a couple of times and got some metals.
He made it through his hitch and after getting out went to work in a steel mill.
Six months later he was killed in a work related accident.
Not an uncommon story but no less sad.
In 1965-66 a bunch of young men got drafted right out of high school and like me some chose an alternate branch than the army.
One kid I went to school with joined the air force and and became a para rescue.
He was a funny happy guy that everyone liked.
From what I know he got wounded a couple of times and got some metals.
He made it through his hitch and after getting out went to work in a steel mill.
Six months later he was killed in a work related accident.
Not an uncommon story but no less sad.