[Magdalen] Viet Nam Series.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/20/2017 8:53:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
romanos at mindspring.com writes:

I was  exempt from the draft because of my vocation which made pacifism an 
awkward  option later on in the  parish.

Joe>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
They drafted any physician who was physically able up through the age  of
33.  For reference, all able physicians were drafted into WW-2 up  through
the age of 46.  There were really relatively few physicians at the  time of
WW-2 in civilian medical care, and they pretty much all worked non-
stop.  Most of them, I might add, became wealthy in these years of  rapid
inflation.
 
I was thrown a little party in Saint Paul the week before going on active  
duty
at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX.  There were a number of  resident
physicians there, and two of them were 34 years old. They were still  in
training because they were in very lengthy residencies:  cardiac
surgery, and neurosurgery.  They both were shortly finishing  their
residencies and launched into private practice.  I, by contrast,  was       
                           entering a 3 year+ stint in the Army Medical 
Corps.  Despite my  eventual
lucking out with the Germany assignment, I would have preferred also
going into private practice.
 
The party was an odd feeling for them and for me.
 
 
 
David S.