Two Marines and six seconds...

[kraigwy]

-our last draftee-fed military was an actual social problem. true, many good and valiant draftees served, but an unpopular war allowed many forms of laxness and lowering of standards.

-replace haerter and/or yale with draftees? i wouldn't answer for their steadfastness

I hate to muddy this fine post, but I can't stand by and let that go by.

That is total BS. I served with draftees in Vietnam, IN COMBAT. They were excellent soldiers and preformed no worse then us enlisted.

The metal of a soldier has nothing to do with whether they are draftees or enlistees. I don't believe these two marines would have acted any different if they had been drafted.

2/3s of the Soldiers who faught in WWII were draftees, 1/3 of those who served in Vietnam were draftees. There was no difference in the proformence of these soldiers in either war.

Maybe this link will dispell some mythis about draftees

Statistics about the Vietnam War

 

[mg357]

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