04/18/24
September 02, 2011
61-year-old Vietnam vet makes the cut as a small-college kicker: What a great story.
Be nice to know his stats/skill level at that age.
Yeah, I'm sure he wanted his college education interrupted by the Vietnam War. Didn't everybody? That war was so popular, I can't understand why they had a draft.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 07:47 PM on September 02, 2011
Love this guy. He's a movie waiting to happen.
If he didn't want to fight the Vietnam War, he should've had other priorities.
posted by rcade at 09:43 PM on September 02, 2011
If he didn't want to fight the Vietnam War, he should've had other priorities.
Does that mean he should have applied for CO status or gone to Canada?
posted by beaverboard at 08:13 AM on September 03, 2011
If he didn't want to fight the Vietnam War, he should've had other priorities.
Apologies if my sarcasm detector is broken (I suspect it is), but wha?
posted by yerfatma at 09:12 AM on September 03, 2011
I'm saying that if avoiding military service was important to him, he should have gotten five deferments and then impregnated Lynne Cheney.
posted by rcade at 11:46 AM on September 03, 2011
That is the face of a man who has lived his life the way he goddamn well wanted to and could not possibly give less of a shit what anyone thinks of it. Makes me wish I still lived near enough to Montgomery to see him play.