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Old 05-31-2014, 18:34   #3
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Originally Posted by Utah Bob View Post
More to the point, he would have had to get a GED while in. I left HS in my senior year, 1967, and my first week in Basic was GED testing at night after training. Got me out of stripping, dyeing, and waxing the WW2 barracks floors.

My grandmother worked for the Selective Service back then. A couple of held-back students got notices, but it was easy to get them deferred.

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