Cong Catchers: A Soldiers Memories of Vietnam

I graduated from Iowa State University in 1968. After receiving my diploma from the president, I went to my room in Alumni Hall and found my draft notice in my mailbox. Imagine the efficiency of the government's draft system that I would get my notice on the exact day I would graduate!

I had spent the past year watching protestors march on campus against the war in Viet Nam. They had even prevented military recruiters from meeting students on campus and were campaigning against classes that ...