I went to a book signing for a book written by a SEAL one day. Talked to him a bit as I didn't go to VN either. Went on sea duty but not there. I told him about like what OP wrote. He said simply, "You did your part". It surely did make a difference as to how I felt about it.

And, a man who was a friend who was truly 4F told me about 25 years after the war that if his sons got drafted he'd take them to Canada. That did not sit well.


Retired cat herder.