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When I became a soldier, I was drafted in 1937, and instead of being released two years later, I had to stay on because the war had started in the meantime. I was a soldier for more than eight years, as long a time as I was Chancellor.

— Helmut Schmidt

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was drafted when I was 17, and I spent two years, and I lost a friend in war.

— Gavin Hood

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

— Mel Brooks

I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't think they'd come home alive. I didn't think I would either, so I was happy when I did.

— Ed Koch

I received my draft notice right after graduation from college and had three months before going into the Army in September to think about it.

— Tim O'Brien

I stayed in the Navy until July of 1946.

— Daniel J. Evans

I joined the army after 9/11, after the Iraq war was started. I joined in part because I wanted to go fight on the front lines.

— Tom Cotton

I was born in a family with a strong military background, so I chose to be a soldier.

— Wang Jianlin

When I was 17, I was told I had the choice of enlisting in the Navy or going to jail, so I spent the next three years in the Navy.

— Seymour Cassel

✗Opposing Perspectives

In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while.

— George Grosz

I was drafted during the Korean War.

— Clint Eastwood