I'm in the Army Now
Carl James Stubbs 1964 I served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Vietnam war. It was called a war and people were shooting at each other, but no war was ever declared. It was really a police action, but it sure seemed like a war. Well anyway, because I was on a mission, I received a deferment. When I returned, I was listed as 1A and even though I was a college student, I was to be sent to Los Angles, California to an enlistment center for a physical and mental test. All of those going from southern Nevada were to meet at the bus depot one morning. There were three buses to transport us to California to a large facility for the testing. There were close to ninety of us on three buses. I wasn’t sure that I would even pass, because of my poor eyesight, and the orthostatic hypotension, which means I pass out if I stand at attention. The first night we were all put up in a hotel close to the testing center. I had someone who was supposed to ...