alt.war.vietnam

> "i2p6 west" wrote in message
> news:13et9uq8k7pvd5@ ...
>> i2p6 west wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Many people thought the war morally wrong and refused forced
>>> conscription into the . military.
>>>
>>> However, some angry Crybaby Vets here like to paint all those people as
>>> cowards or traitors, yet
>>> some of those same Crybaby Vets are themselves Draft Dodgers.
>>>
>>> Draft Dodger: anyone who
>>> 1. took a student deferment
>>> 2. joined a branch with a low expectation of combat
>>> 3. left the country
>>> 4. any other avoidance of military job in time of war (especially
>>> 1965-1968)
>>>
>>> note: a coward will take the route of least resistance, usually to
>>> comply with the draft notice
>>>
>>> The posters who are Draft Dodgers and Crybaby Vets:
>>>
>>> 1. Tom Lacombe (student deferment, forced conscription, Vietnam 1969,
>>> 1 year)
>>> 2. Bill Clarke (Army Reserve with college deferment, Vietnam 1970, 1
>>> year)
>>> 3. . Compton Shaw (aka "Marcus Aurelius") (student deferment,
>>> Vietnam 1969, 1 year)
>>>
>>> who else?


I didn't register until 1984, when my local Board made an inquiry by mail.
By then the War was over. They were merely straightening out their old
records. I even got my first draft card (at age 34) I was classified
"1-Y".

No deferments for me; I merely "forgot" to register. ........besides, I
was busy.