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Originally Posted by mark46th
I was 21, going on 22 when I graduated from Phase III and assigned to group in 1971. I think one of the reasons they took younger guys at that time was due to attrition in Southeast Asia. But I think the main reason they took us so young was because we were young, eager and the vets enjoyed laughing at us....
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Ditto for me, Mark. I hit 22 a couple months after I got to 8th Group.
It was "attrition" from SE Asia that was a contributing factor, and there were not a great many NCO's from active duty units coming into SF, at least in my classes. In my Weapons class, we had three - all VN vets.