Re: Scott Secules ('84) NFL QB went to Chantilly or South Lakes?
Posted by:
Dolfan
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Date: March 21, 2012 08:15AM
Dolphin:
I don't want to get you angry, and I don't doubt you at all that he is your Grandfather's step father.
I am interested in the "war draft" part, simply because I am a student of the Vietnam war and that era...did he get drafted into the Army (as people did back then) without being sent to Vietnam, or, did he get sent to Vietnam?
As Sgt Slaughter suggested, that time frame (early '60's) was before large number of draftees were being sent to Vietnam...that started to occur some 4-5 years later. The time frame of the early '60's consisted largely of advisors, special forces teams, and RED HORSE teams (including in Thailand)...those were construction teams. Not draftees, generally, though. As a matter of fact, in the early '60's, it was still possible for dependents (that is, children and wives) of military and embassy personnel to accompany their fathers/husbands to Vietnam. So, no, draftees weren't being sent to Vietnam yet. Wasn't yet really a warzone until Gulf of Tonkin incident in '64, I believe, and then, at least early on, the military response was primarily Air Force and Navy.
BTW, I happen to remember Scott fairly well. Favorite receiver at Chantilly and UVa was Keith Mattiolli, drafted by Cowboys, played for New England Patriots and Dolphins, fund raiser at SMU, etc...