Comments on: Scariest Recruitment Ad Ever (Jun, 1968)

By: Neil Russell

Neil Russell — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:03:40 +0000

We’ve now had a couple of generations that don’t remember the joke about getting a letter from the President. The personal letter that starts with “Greetings”

Used to bring down the house in the 50s. Unless you got the letter of course

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:22:52 +0000

Yeah, but that guy DID get drafted.

By: Toronto

Toronto — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:21:19 +0000

You’d think that paisley shirt would have protected him from the draft.

By: Tony Anderson's Butt Sore

Tony Anderson's Butt Sore — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:51:48 +0000

>>>”Actually, they’re saying “Since you HAVE to anyway, enlist and choose your field”.”

No, you fool. Not everyone got drafted.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:11:51 +0000

Well, he COULD have joined the Navy…and wound up on a PBR with Cheif, Mr Clean, Chef, and Lance (the famous surfer)…

By: Landtat

Landtat — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:38:17 +0000

Draft notice in one hand, map of Canada in the other.
I was to young to go thank god, but was awash with it on TV. You would watch live killing from ‘Nam on the news while you were eating dinner. Oh the wonder years!

By: Paul E

Paul E — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:02:35 +0000

What is worse? You might wind up as a Marine!
I actually went the US Army enlistment route in ’72. In retrospect, it was probably the best decision of my life. Watched the evacuation of Saigon on AFRTS in my barracks in Germany. Not a dry eye in the place, a lot of the guys had served there and lost buddies. A surprising number thought that we should go back and kick some ass.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:41:08 +0000

Because they are saying you HAVE to join the army. You can do it voluntarily and get perks, or we’ll force you to and then you get nothing. But either way, your ass is ours.

By: mlknchz

mlknchz — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:33:06 +0000

Actually, they’re saying “Since you HAVE to anyway, enlist and choose your field”. It’s really more akin to a doctor saying “If you’d gotten a check-up sooner, we would have had more options on how to treat this disease”.
Is THAT “demanding protection money”?