"Good morning Vietnam" is a favorite quote. Talkin' 'bout My Generation.
I avoided it through appointment. My number was low 100s. Would have been scooped up and thrown into the fray in the jungle. Yikes!
After resigning my appointment I was eligible but the board had no experience with a rank of c4c or well c3c when I resigned.

Had I played pool back then I most likely would have stayed. I was directed to the B-52 in my second summer training. B-52 crew was on 2 week ready duty with the a pool table in the ready room. I imagine I would have been Flyboy 2.
Flyboy was legendary and I had the pleasure of his aquintance. He was a tail gunner on the B-52. Did I mention that I got to fly that Big Bird for half an hour? Oh well those engines burned around 1200 lbs/hrs per engine. With 8 throttles at my right hand just like a dragster shift lever. Full throttle on all could rip the wings off. Oh yeah there were also 2 hound dog missiles, one on each wing in close to the fuselage. They could be engaged while attached, well if you needed the power. They could fly on 4 engines but required to abort if 2 went down.
A high speed low altitude practice bomb run over the grand canyon was 800 feet off the deck at 350 knots in a Delta formation. Mustard been 9 of us wing tip to wing tip. Ground turbulence was incredible.
We were the deterent. With each carrying a nuke or nukes it was an incredible display of power.
COMING IN under radar.