I turned 18 in February 1968 while I was a senior at Mackenzie, and registered for the draft. I was immediately classed 1-SH, High School deferment. End of March, 1st part of April I was reclassified 1-A...what do I do now? I called my Dads brother who retired from the Army after 25 years and he advised to check all the branches and find a job classification I may like and enlist and do my best to score high on the aptitude tests and medical exams, because if I'm drafted, I'm going to be put somewhere to fill a void, so I did. I chose the USAF and left from Ft. Wayne on Jefferson, July 14, 1968 and became an aircraft mechanic on large B-52 bombers and KC-135 tanker aircraft. Although I did a tour in S.E.A. I was fortunate to do what I was trained for, fix broke airplanes. Follow a career in DFD, I'm now back using a skill I learned in 1968, fixing broke airplanes at Willow Run Airport.