My answer was “No.”Īfter completing the forms, we were transported on a deuce and a half to a mess hall where we were fed breakfast. Then, I blurted out one word that would make a cataclysmic change in my life. When I was asked, I thought about it for several seconds before answering. Since I had a very strong religious upbringing, I had given a lot of thought to how I would answer that question, but I just couldn’t decide what I should say. Our induction forms were divided between the four soldiers, and they called us individually to answer some questions, one of which was if we were a conscientious objector. One of the soldiers asked me for the packet of documents, and he took them out and told us to reply when our name was called. One of the soldiers noticed one draftee was chewing gum, so he yelled at him to swallow it. I had a note in my wallet from a buddy of mine that had a cuss word in it, so I threw it in the garbage. They then told us that if we had any documents with lewd language or seductive pictures of women, we’d better get rid of them now because we would be in deep trouble if they were discovered on our person after leaving the Reception Center. As we exited the bus, the soldiers assigned to the Reception Center began yelling at us, and telling us to line up in two rows, and to stand at attention. The Continental Trailways bus that transported us 37 draftees from the Dallas selective service office arrived at the Reception Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana at approximately 11:00 p.m.
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