Vietnam Draft Statistics
Vietnam Draft Statistics A comprehensive analysis of the draft’s impact during the Vietnam War can be found in the 1978 book, Chance and Circumstance, by Lawrence M. Baskir and William A. Strauss. The study notes that in the [...]
The Vietnam War Heats Up
Vietnam Memorial The Vietnam War Heats Up As I started college in the fall of 1960, I just wasn’t prescient enough to see that, like my father and brother, I also would indeed enter the military. While [...]
Family in the Military
Family in the Military My enlisting in the Army during the Vietnam War years was in part influenced by my knowledge of other family members who had served in the military. Both sides of my family had members in [...]
Map of Washington, D.C.
Rockets and Riots - Army Days (1968-1971) Map of Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia After Army Intelligence School training at Fort Holabird in Baltimore, I was assigned to the 902nd Military Intelligence Group. Its headquarters occupied office space above [...]
Introduction
Introduction Bill Bowe The month after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination in 1968, I enlisted in the Army’s Intelligence Branch for three years. President Lyndon Johnson had just sent the Regular Army [...]
