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13 Military Draft Realities Boomers Faced That Today’s Youth Cannot Imagine
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13 Military Draft Realities Boomers Faced That Today’s Youth Cannot Imagine
Story by Patricia Quezada Brawn•
 
Call up memories of a turbulent era when young Americans navigated draft notices and uncertainty, facing pressures that feel worlds apart from today’s reality.
 
Imagine opening your mailbox and finding a letter that could change your life forever. For Baby Boomers, the military draft was not just a distant threat—it was a looming reality that shaped their youth and futures in ways today’s generation can hardly fathom. From the uncertainty of being called up to the anxiety of leaving everything behind, here are 13 draft realities Boomers faced that set their era apart.

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The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address

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It was the only lottery I ever won! :flag:
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The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address
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