i don't know... but i do know dad and his brother both believed he wasWas he a draft dodger?
I don’t know so I am asking.
No. He was 4F.
It was a sore spot to him for the rest of his life.
i don't know... but i do know dad and his brother both believed he was http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0007/03/bp.00.htmlBurden of Proof Phil and Tom Kuntz Discuss 'The Sinatra Files' Aired July 3, 2000 - 12:30 p.m. ET
T. KUNTZ: He had an ear injury sustained at birth and the FBI got a tip that he had bribed his way out of the draft. It got this tip from the columnist Walter Winchell, and they investigated whether, in fact, there was anything untoward in his draft exemption. They found out it was legitimate, but they also found out that Sinatra had changed his story to draft officials on questionnaires. He had repeatedly said that he was free of any mental or physical infirmities whatsoever. But when he showed up at his physical, he claimed not only the ear ailment, which was bona fide, but also to be neurotic and afraid to be in crowds, which my brother and I found to be a little bit implausible.
VAN SUSTEREN: Phil, set the record straight: Did -- was Frank Sinatra a draft-dodger or not? After getting all your Freedom of information Act information, do you conclude he was or was not?
P. KUNTZ: I think he -- what he told the Draft Board officials clearly indicates that he didn't want to serve. I don't think that you could call him a draft-dodger. That's a rather strong term. He clearly -- there's no evidence that he paid a bribe to get out of the draft. I think there's plenty of evidence, though, that he want to wanted to make sure that he didn't get drafted.