What was the military's reaction to the news???????? was there any kind of alert status that came down the chain of command from Washington????


The reason I ask , is I heard the news on the way to work (afternoon shift), and about everything was about the dis belief,the sadness------


But I received my draft notice on Monday--------and along with many others wondered if it was in anyway associated with a possible upscaling of the cold war (Cuba/Russia missles)


Was inducted on Dec 13, and immediately sent home on 2 weeks leave-----seems that they weren't ready/able to handle hundreds/thousands of recruits so quick---------after the leave and then being sent to Ft Knox for a quick basic, was sent on to active duty site with no advanced training----simply the march, low crawl, M1 Garand qualifying, gas mask drill/test, rt face, left face, etc---------Arriving at Ft Benning 2-4-7, my papers didn't show up for couple weeks, so they didn't know who I was, why I was there--------