re: #89 Charles Johnson

Sure didn’t work out like that the last time the US had compulsory service!

I wasn’t drafted but I may as well have been. I volunteered because my birthday came up #4 in the draft lottery and I thought I might get a better deal if I volunteered. One of the odd things about the birthday lottery was that almost all the people in a basic training platoon would have one of about 3 birthdays.