Originally posted by TrAnS Am 98
wasnt kerry in vietnam??
wasnt kerry in vietnam??
He got a notice from his draft board and went to them asking for a 1 year deference to go to France for "study". The draft board said no, so he went and joined the navy. Sounds to me like he didn't want to be drafted which would have put him on dry land which put him at a higher risk of getting in a fire fight. There wasn't much Navy that was in harms way during Vietnam. Just the patrol boats. The carriers, frigates and destroyers were off shore with no opposing Navy. An Army officer had a lot higher death rate than a Navy officer.
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