re: My dad told me about getting drafted in the army

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My dad served in WWII. Wasn't drafted. Back then, boys lined up to serve.

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Both of my mother's brothers served in WWII. Their father was a N.O. police detective and had been getting his hair cut by the same guy for years. One day while getting his hair cut, the barber's son, who was around the same age as my two uncles, walked into the shop, dropped off something for his father and walked out. My grandfather asked the barber, "What's your son doing here? Why isn't he fighting?" The barber said, "He's got bad teeth." My grandfather said, "Does he think he's going to have to bite the fricking Japs? The Marines will give him a rifle!"

My grandfather refused to get his hair cut there anymore. The poor kid probably really was 4F, but apparently my grandfather didn't give a shite.