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*This* Is Who We Are: Service And Duty
by midget on November 11, 2014**Bumped Up From TAM Wire. Posted By midget** Hometown boy makes good. Via Army Times: Last draftee retiring after 42 years on active duty The last continuously serving Vietnam War draftee on active-duty is retiring from the Army. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ralph Rigby has served for 42 years, according to information from the 2nd Infantry Division. He was just 19 when he was drafted into the Army…. After training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, Rigby was sent to the Army’s engineer school at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He did not deploy to Vietnam. Instead, his first assignment was to South Korea. Rigby enjoyed his time in Korea so much that he extended his tour. Ten years later, as a sergeant...