In this era of an all-volunteer military, it is easy to forget (or ignore) the fact that those young men  gave up their work, education, families, friends and way of life to respond to a Draft Notice. There is honor in the fact that they didn't use family money and connections to dodge the draft, but pretending that they somehow chose to be in that landing does nothing less than dishonor their memories. They were young, afraid, and doing their best to follow orders in a situation that was not of their own making. 
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And it would be good to remember that several of those NFL players are veterans, and some of them saw combat. And all of them came of age in the era of a volunteer-only military.