[SkyDancer]

During their senior year of medical school, physicians could indicate a preference for one of three options: The first option allowed a doctor to join the military service of choice immediately after internship. The second option allowed a physician to take one year of residency after internship, then discharge his military obligation, and subsequently return to a residency. The final option allowed a doctor to complete residency training in a specialty of his choice before fulfilling his military obligation. An individual based his choice on his own assessment of the future with respect to the need for military physicians and on personal considerations. Stating one's preference, however, brought no guarantee that it would be honored. Assignments were given at random, and many physicians who sought deferment for residency training were instead slated to fulfill their Selective Service obligation immediately following their internship.

So in other words he was not drafted.

[monkeypants]

You have not proven that he was not drafted by reciting how one available program targeting health care professionals was offered.

The correct sequence “appears to be” that he a. received a draft notice which gives one the option of reporting as an enlisted person in the Army or volunteering to join any of the services as an officer. He opted for b. the latter and he subsequently extended beyond his initial tour commitment. The fact that he chose to go back to his medical profession after serving this way is in no way dishonorable.

At the time, there was a supplemental effort to recruit qualified health professionals which are absolutely necessary in the military. He was a doctor at the time - why would he go into the infantry?

Unless you can prove that he never received a draft notice your argument is just a bunch of compounded rhetoric built on a flimsy premise. Just like the libs do...

I’m not a Paulista - but I’m getting tired of the wailing and gnashing of teeth and the lack of fact checking going on lately as conservatives and libertarians trash each other.