Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/13

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Subject: [Leica] Selective Service Memories
From: msmall at infionline.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Thu May 13 17:17:23 2004

At 07:22 AM 5/13/04 -0400, Philip Kokoczka wrote:
>I was in college at the time and I was #001 in the first draft lottery (14 
>September - fatefull date), and rather than be drafted I immediately joined 
>the army but was rejected when I went for my physical at Fort Wayne in 
>Detroit. Although I never new it, it was determined that I had severely flat 
>feet - which my mother, after that very date, was eternally grateful for.
>Phil (long time lurker - infrequent contributor)

I, too, suffer from terminally flat feet but the Army had no problem in
taking me, especially when they learned that I had an expertise in
long-distance hiking and was then serving as an Assistant Scoutmaster.

Marc

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Replies: Reply from lew at speakeasy.net (Lew Schwartz) ([Leica] Selective Service Memories)
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