[Lunkhead_01]

Kerry's website claims he "enlisted" and "volunteered". But he asked his draft board to allow him to study in France before he "enlisted" and "volunteered".

The DD Form 214 on his website for the time he was in Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island lists his address as being on Indian Hill Road in Groton, Massachusetts. He had been living in Cambridge. Yet, his draft board is listed as Board #59 in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Why was that his draft board when it's over an hour away from both Groton and Cambridge?

A little known fact is that the sons of the rich and famous often registered from an address -- such as the one in Newburyport -- which had large numbers of sons of working class people who graduated high school and volunteered. Why did the sons of the rich do this? Because each volunteer reduced the draft quota on the specific board by one. In theory it would be possible for a draft board that had a large number of young men volunteer to avoid the draft to have to draft no one in any given month.

I wonder if that's why Kerry's draft board was so far from either of his residences before he entered the Navy.

[VeniVidiVici]

Why was that his draft board when it's over an hour away from both Groton and Cambridge?

That's a very interesting point. Thanks for bringing it up.

[rolling_stone]

at his site in his official records, background he shows Indian Hill Road Groton from Nov 62 to present..

from Dec 61 to November 62 he shows C/O Mrs. Frederick Winthrop, Ipswich Mass.


before that in Oslo Norway

His DOB is 12/11/43 and would have registered at age 18, around 12/11/61....

interesting C/O maybe he was living in hotels?

from 57 to 62 it also says he attended St, Paul's School, Concord New Hampshire...

Very interesting...

you are correct on the registering in poorer neighborhoods, it was well known at the time..

rs

http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/Background_Information.pdf

[SW6906]

Do you have links/evidence for this pretty serious accusation?