--- title: "5 Drafted Army Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 5 Drafted Army quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Drafted Army sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/warren-mackenzie-4654_army_i-got-drafted-into-the-army-and-by-pure_160190.jpg" --- > [I got drafted into the army and by pure chance was pushed into a silk-screen shop at this camp where I was,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/i-got-drafted-into-the-army-and-by-pure-chance-was-pushed-into-a-silk/) [Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/warren-mackenzie-4654_army_i-got-drafted-into-the-army-and-by-pure_160190.jpg) > [In the middle of my second year at school, in 1943, I got drafted into the army, was gone for three years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/in-the-middle-of-my-second-year-at-school-in-1943-i-got-drafted-into/) [Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/warren-mackenzie-4654_army_in-the-middle-of-my-second-year-at-schoo_674284.jpg) > [Me and apparently a lot of other people felt that the people who should benefit most from the country are the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yair-lapid/me-and-apparently-a-lot-of-other-people-felt-that-the-people-who/) [Yair Lapid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yair-lapid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/yair-lapid-4354_army_me-and-apparently-a-lot-of-other-people_2436589.jpg) > [For educated Americans like Joseph Ellis, Vietnam is a special hang-up. I am an Englishman of exactly the Vietnam generation, a couple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wheatcroft/for-educated-americans-like-joseph-ellis-vietnam-is-a-special-hang-up/) [Geoffrey Wheatcroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wheatcroft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff4/geoffrey-wheatcroft-74048_age_for-educated-americans-like-joseph-ellis_3130402.jpg) > [I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/i-was-drafted-into-the-army-when-i-was-19-and-came-out-at-age-22-most/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/ed-koch-7928_age_i-was-drafted-into-the-army-when-i-was-1_3233212.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drafted-army/#itemlist", "name": "Drafted Army Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I got drafted into the army and by pure chance was pushed into a silk-screen shop at this camp where I was, because they could not get training posters fast enough out of a central source in Washington, D.C. 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