RE: Ex-soldier's letter

["Daniel T. Fahey" <DanFahey@DanSources.com>]

Not many lied JJ...

Some got themselves into the service because there was no other employment.

 

The Armed Services had a big literacy problem just like in WW2.

Anyone who could read was accepted.  Truman and Eisenhower both put resources into

the Public Education system.  By 1960 the Armed Services documented

Literacy rates went up from some 20% literacy to 70% ro the Vietnam War.

 

Vietnam had the most literate fighters in history.  But because of technology

all the Armed Services labored at getting people qualfied to read to a 7th grade level.

Hence Mil Std 63000..where instructions were done more in a Comic Book fashion.

 

Dan Fahey

 

 

 

 

 

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Subject: Re: Ex-soldier's letter

In a message dated 1/20/2002 5:58:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com writes:

Interesting that, if the report has Mr. Early's age right, he was 16-year
old soldier in 1950.

Well, that shouldn't surprise you.
Didn't many American boys lie about their age to get into the military?

John2