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Married men drafted as war changes unfold
Progress staff report shows rising drafts with new policy to draft childless married men. Bruce Sechrest, 18, wed Anita Gelber before enlisting to join the Army at induction center in Las Vegas. He will train at Fort Polk then Fort Monmouth with his father a stationed sergeant in Vietnam era.
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Las Vegas
Uncle Sam
Bruce Sechrest
Scottsdale
Bruce
Army
Mike Roberts
Army Induction Center
W. Moreland
Anita Gelber
Coronado High School
Anita
Avery
E. Taylor
Fort Polk
Fort Monmouth
N.J
Saigon
Sechrest
Mesa
Phoenix
Viet Nam