Kong76 wrote: There was all kinds of monkey business going on to keep from going to Vietnam. I know someone who went into the army and played on a traveling baseball team his whole time in. Yes, baseball. Of course, stuff like that wasn't as 'newsworthy' as draft dodging, war protests, etc. The very father of that guy was as much an Archie Bunker love it or leave it gentleman as you'll ever meet ... but his son played baseball because of connections instead of going to the jungle. I always wondered, if that if you were going into the Reserves or National Guard to avoid getting drafted and seeing combat, why would someone sign up for the Marine Reserves (IIRC like some of the Mets did)? To prove to everyone that you were a tough wuss? Later