Hey--modesty will get you nowhere! Chapter 8 of "Nighhtfall" is up.
(I can't leave reviews on ff, for some obscure reason)
It seems to me a little more opennesss on both sides is damn near imperitive...
A man who walked away from a prestigious art academy can't even think about walking away from his fiancee? Centuries ago, this was literally true--but surely not in the 20th!
Oh: Bob says the draft was still on from WW2, in 1964. I'm going to look it up now...
HERE YOU GO--Googled...
"Background of Selective Service
For more than 50 years, Selective Service and the registration requirement for America's young men have served as a backup system to provide manpower to the U.S. Armed Forces.
"President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 which created the country's first peacetime draft and formally established the Selective Service System as an independent Federal agency.
From 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means.
In 1973, the draft ended and the U.S. converted to an All-Volunteer military"