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Speaking of the draft -- where did you go to register?

Wild Turkey
Turned 18 in March of 67.

In my small town the draft registration location was the local florist shop/funeral home. Yep, really fun place to go register.

Signed up for ROTC at college because Dad and Granddad had both served and dad told me that if I had to go being an officer was the best.

Missed Vietnam by 6 months.
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  • JimmyJack
    At the local Post Office.
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  • He Dog
    Selective Service Office.
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  • dcon12
    I did not have to register. Don
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  • us55840
    County Court House
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  • wpageabc
    Registration was easy. City Post Office.

    Waiting on draft # was a little edgy. The only lottery not so good to win.
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  • JIM STARK
    I'm so old I didn't have to register...The local "draft board" knew all of us in the neighborhood who were eligible.. They picked ..Not who, but when you went..When I got a hot tip I was up for June of '63..I dodged the draft and saw the Navy recruiter... I enlisted in 3/63... Wound up doing 8 yrs. active (sub service) and 23 in the reserves fixing subs..etc. etc... Retired an LDO LCDR.. It was a great run!!!!
    JIM...............
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  • asop
    Selective Service Office in Des Plaines, Il. I believe this location drafted more kids than any other SS Office?
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  • buddyb
    Jim Stark,we had a guy with same name as you in MCB 133 in the early 70s.I don't guess that was you because none of the SeaBees were smart enough for sub duty.
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  • He Dog
    asop wrote:
    Selective Service Office in Des Plaines, Il. I believe this location drafted more kids than any other SS Office?



    The same was said of my location, but the town was not that big, so likely a myth. Yours may have been bigger.
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  • Smitty500mag
    dcon12 wrote:
    I did not have to register. Don

    Don was classifed 1X...In case of war they were to hold him hostage. :lol:
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  • mogley98
    I don't remember where I registered the draft was over by the time I was of age, I did volunteer for 6 years from Dec 76 Dec 82 in the Navy and with hind sight being 20/20 it would be easy to say I probably should have made a career of it, but you never know maybe I would have fallen overboard and drowned :) .
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  • select-fire
    Selective service office
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  • ltcdoty
    Selective Service Office in Albany, New York.. April 1968. Two months later I enlisted in the Air Force. They let us burn our draft cards in Basic Training. :D
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  • 35 Whelen
    Post Office.
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  • Wrangler
    Post Office.
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  • yoshmyster
    By mail. They tracked me down.
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  • discusdad
    in the basenent of the Post office were the offices of Social Security and Selective Service[small town America]
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  • longspur rider
    County courthouse here also.
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  • rufe-snow
    Had to travel, to the actual Draft Board, in Red Bank NJ. You had to go there, to sign up and get your Draft card. I don't know why? But they had it set up, as a separate entity. Maybe because it was in the 50's, and they were still doing it, like they did it during W W II?
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  • bullshot
    I have never registered for the draft, served in the Navy 64-67 and never registered when I got out either .
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  • allen griggs
    County courthouse DeKalb County Georgia.
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  • asop
    He Dog-There were over 1,000 kids in my H.S. graduating class!
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  • bearman49709
    I never did, joined the Army and did over 7 years.
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  • buschmaster
    I don't remember much about that. at the time it wasn't called "the draft" but "selective service" because while it was mandatory to register for it, there was only a small percent chance that you might get selected and be required to join the military.

    there was 1 post office that processed such registrations and my dad drove me there shortly after my 18th birthday.
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  • jwb267
    at the local post office. my draft number was 363
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  • cbxjeff
    Scenic Peoria IL. I wasn't drafted until I finished college. I was 23 at the time and was the oldest guy in my squad. Rufesnow, I spent many evenings when stationed at Ft. Monmouth, NJ prowling around Red Bank, Asbury Park, etc looking for chicks.
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  • SW0320
    Never signed up. I saw my brother almost get drafted and most neighbors were getting drafted and sent to Vietnam so thought I would out smart them.

    I joined when I was 17. My mother signed for me because I was going in the Navy and she thought that would keep me from going to Vietnam.
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  • penguin
    Clearfield Pa. 1962
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  • Mark G
    Local post office.
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