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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1955 is pretty much the last year for the Boomers. If the draft ended before you (or your male peers if you are female) were eligible for it, then you are not a boomer. The draft, and thinking about it, is probably the defining experience of the Boomers.

The war in Vietnam was a huge concern for young people of that time. Many were very worried about the possibility of having to go there.  If the draft did not directly affect you or your age peers, you are not a boomer. 
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I was born in '66 and I remember watching news footage about Vietnam on t.v..  My husband was born a couple of years earlier and his dad is a Vietnam Vet.  The draft may have ended in '55 but if you think that people weren't still concerned about it in the 60's/70's you would be wrong.  There was always that looming possibility that it could be brought back at any time.

Still I consider myself to be a Gen Xer while I consider my older siblings born nearly a decade earlier than I was to be Boomers.[/quote]

The draft did not end in 1955, it ended in 1972. People born in 1955 were 17 in 1972, so just missed being eligible for the draft. It was a big concern for them, though, since they did not know in advance that the draft would end when it did. People born later in the 50s and early 60sdid not have to worry as much about the draft since it had ended while they were younger teens or tweens.

It is difficult to have these conversations when people think that the draft ended in 1955 and thus do not understand the effect the draft had on a particular age cohort. 
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The main point is that people born 1961-65 did not give a shit about the draft or the Vietnam War, so they were not Boomers.[/quote]

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