Yes, and we played "Army": toss a dirt clod up in the air and yell "Grenade!", fill a paper bag with dust and pretend it's an HE shell.... We used toy guns, sticks, boards, whatever our imaginations could make into a firearm.

Far more of the kids (because the girls played with us) who played cowboy&indians or Army marched off to Vietnam than deserted. Many of those who went paid for the games of their elders.