James Ralph:  

After high school, I started college courses at Del Tech in Georgetown, DE. When I registered for the draft, my classification came back as 1A. Any male from that era knows that means Uncle is going to get you. My draft number was 166 (very low), making me "fresh fish". I decided that if I was to be drafted, I should go and live a little. I quit school and went to LA, Cal for a month or two, then to Honolulu, HA. I had a job in a classic, beautiful, small hotel on Waikiki Beach called the Waikikian. I was there 68-69. I got my draft notice and ignored it. The second one came with an assurance that I would report. I came home and waited it out, then away I went. Two years later I left the US Army. I was married with a child and had another in 1974. I was divorced the same year. I joined the USAF Reserve in '74 and have been at Dover AFB ever since as both a reservist and a civil servant. I am known as an air reserve technician (ART). I was a medic in the army and became a C-5 loadmaster, then a C-5 flight engineer. When I stopped flying I got into my current line of work. You needn't be bored with the details. I saw the entire...Expand for more