When I tried to join I was in Houston. All 4 militart offices were in the same bld. When the ArmyKBCraig wrote:My ex father-in-law lost all sight in one eye when he was a kid, but managed to enlist in late 1945 when he turned 18. He served an entire Army career and retired as an E7. It wasn't until his last enlistment physical that they caught on that he was blind... he'd been cheating the eye tests for 17 years!Tote 9 wrote:The Army turned me down in 63 when I
tried to join ( blind in one eye).
By that time he was near retirement, was not deployable overseas because of his MOS, and was in a critical MOS (missile repair, working on nukes).
Kevin
turned me down I came out of the office and
walked aceoss the hall to the Air Force. The AF. officer saw me com out of the Army and the first
thing he said was, "son, if the Army doesn't want you we sure don't." So they gave me a 4f classification.
