Posted by Wardner on November 09, 2011 at 20:57:26 from (4.154.237.14):
In Reply to: Re: Viet Nam Vets posted by Led on November 09, 2011 at 19:34:44:
I disembarked the bus at Parris Island in May of '65. My company was the last to receive 12 weeks of boot camp. My training platoon had several draftees. They were obligated for two years active duty and four years of reserve participation.
My recollection was that an inductee could choose his branch of service. I think that quotas were established later.
I was given a 0141 MOS (admin man) based on my ability to type. I was always assigned to a grunt company. Draftees, who were mostly assigned 0311 MOS (rifleman), were always shipped to Nam after one infantry training cycle. I saw a bunch of them come through my company (I Co, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines) while in Nam. There was no discrimination and they made rank on an equal basis with the willing enlistees.
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