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Yes, most upper middle class males did not serve in the Vietnam War.  I enlisted anyway because I could not, at the time, read on a college level.  Therefore the draft was eminent.  After joining the service I refused to cheat by means of distributed answers to an upcoming electronics test at Kessler Air Force base. I failed the test and was removed from military electronics training.  My assignment then became 'Cook'.  The four year enlistment could never have been anticipated: one year in Biloxi Mississippi, one year in Myrtle Beach South Carolina, and two years forty miles from Seville Spain. The rest is a fairy tale for a young romantic with artistic ambitions.  

The preceding clip to this blog entry is not a reality most young men shared because everyone was scared shitless during the Vietnam Era.  My generation had every right to denounce war without cause and death without meaning. 

One last note.  Loudspeakers did play the popular songs of 1965 during one rainy day at basic training.  I can still hear the words sung by Aretha Franklin.

Source  Pitch article by Zach Schonfeld  pitchfork.com  youtube.com