Yep, was drafted. My dad said I was going to learn the manual of arms whether I went in the military or not.
Every man in my family, all my uncles, father, brother, stepfather and his only brother, were in the military. All were in the Army except my brother who was a Marine. Two uncles were at Normandy in the paratroopers, one was at Anzio and in Korea in the paratroopers, my dad served on a B-17, one uncle was in the Bataan Death March, I was in combat in 1968 and now am permanently disabled going up to the VA hospital about 4 times a week. While in combat we underwent about 4 rocket attacks per week. I've had about two dozen surgeries as a result. I take about 24 pills a day and several shots. I have to watch my diet due to my disabilities. I manned a machine gun in combat. I've had three friends killed in combat in that war. I've got a U.S. flag and an Army flag on my 20 foot lighted flag pole with a gold eagle on top. So don't be giving me any shit about my right to say whatever the hell I want.
I was in engineering school when I was drafted. I went back to engineering school when I got out. Had to recover a bit first. Walked with a cane for a while. God Damned any man who'd question my patriotism! After engineering school, I worked on and helped design some of the best electronics in the world. While I worked at Emerson Electronics' Electronics and Space Division I worked on an anti tank vehicle that worked with the Copperhead artillery and other smart munitions that I hope saved lives in the Gulf War. While at Boeing I worked building the box that shoots the largest and most accurate nuclear missile in the world. I also helped build a cruise missile and the V-22 Osprey. I then went on to sit on a high level panel to improve the producibility of all of Boeing's jumbo jets.
My age and disabilities have caught up with me. I now have trouble walking more than a few steps without a cane and that's on a good day.
I want you to shut up about my military or civilian contributions.