The 405 Aired April 1st, 2026

0:00I want to get welcome out of the 405 coffee break guys get your cup of coffee glass iced tea bottle of water sit down Let's see what's happening spring weight Lluya six dollars on the nose. That ain't very high price, but at least it made it six Six dollars on the nose now a canner bowl in Billings weighing 190 pounds a bit over a ton sold for two dollars and seven cents a pound That equates out to one canner bowl bringing four thousand five hundred and thirty three dollars for a canner bowl Are you a kitten? But your organ IOS 70 cents a pound a Hundred pound fat lemon Billings over the three dollar mark three dollars and six cents a pound but guys there's more Much more. I don't care if it rains or snows. I got a lot of honey. I'm a nice clean nose That's something when he the poo could have said

1:03But I chose it because I like the beginning. I don't care if I Don't care if the world doesn't talk much about the war in Vietnam. I'm gonna do it First off my hat is off to all veterans All veterans. Thank you But at the top of the list is our Vietnam vets. What a deal What an ordeal they went through. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you So all of this came up because of a conversation just the other day. I'll tell you about that After we find an appropriate Bible verse Listen now from the book of Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes chapter three and verse eight a time to love and a time to hate a Time of war and a time of peace

2:04Ecclesiastes chapter three verse eight. No if that verse sounds familiar It's because it's quoted in a song by the birds and the song is Titled turn turn turn and that song was popular during the time of the Vietnam conflict That song came out 1965 and the US involvement was just starting to increase in 1965 The Vietnam War escalated dramatically from an advisory role to direct US offensive combat marked by the March 8 landing Of Marines in Denong and the start of the sustained bombing campaign operation rolling thunder Now, please remember that many of our boys that went to Vietnam or sons of men that had fought in World War 2 So dad dodged your boy. What do you do? We support we honor our country and we fight for it

3:10Then to get over there and hear the horror stories God have mercy But what if you were one of the boys that got your orders to go right? Right or wrong or bad you simply went where you were sent by your uncle Sam now the reason this subject came up in my mind Is because of a discussion at a table right here in Maltima, Montana ever been there? There were six men sitting at the table one of those six was me Now if an outsider came in guys and was introduced to all six men They would have thought we were all about the same age and that is true about Yet four of those men graduated in multi high school in the year 1971 and the other two including me Graduated multi high school in 1975 So understand approximately four years difference in age yet to an outsider just a person walking in off the street from

4:20Hover grapefalls buildings just a group of men about the same age Yes, a group of old men about the same age and telling the same stories But listen Three of those men at the table could remember their draft number off the top of their head Just like you don't forget your birthday. You don't forget your draft number If you check back starting on December 1st 1969 your birthday was assigned a number a Low number meant a high chance of being drafted The numbers from one to 150 well that meant you had a pretty good chance You were going over and you were gonna get drafted now if your number was 305 You might have felt a little bit safer Remember there are only 366 numbers one for every day of the year now another thing the lottery was televised

5:26Turning the event into a tense game of chance That defined the fate a young man across America. So there are six men sitting at the table where in Multimontana three of those men remember their draft number without batten and I But here is the curious thing Here is the historical thing Me and the other graduate from 1975 who were sitting at that table We never even had to go to the post office and register for the draft It's true. There was such a bad taste in America's mouth that they totally did away Was signing up for selective service for a few years and I fell into that category The last day anyone was drafted was March 31st 1975 on April 1st the next day 1975 they did away with the draft and they did away with signing up for the selective service April 1st

6:341975 well I turned 18 on June 12th in 1975 Sometimes fate smiles in your favor sometimes it doesn't This episode is dedicated to all the Vietnam vets and all the men that had a draft number back then Thank you. Thank you to the Vietnam veterans and all the men of that era Who faced the uncertainty and duty of the draft with courage sacrifice and a deep sense of service to their country We can't take away any of the stress that it caused but We can show our appreciation for your plight our hats are off to you So until next time as you go out there remember now don't be bitter