Sheldon Richman on Avoiding Fighting in Vietnam
Hard to believe that 40 years ago the U.S. war in Vietnam ended. Actually, the war was against Indochina: remember Cambodia and Laos. (With previously unexploded ordnance from American cluster bombs killing people in those countries to this day, did the U.S. war really end?) It's hard to believe, writes Sheldon Richman, because he can remember when he and the people around him thought the war would never end. It seemed like a permanent part of life. Night after night they'd turn on the network news and watch the reports of body counts.
So, yes, Richman dodged the draft and avoided Vietnam. Does he regret it? You've got to be kidding!
