A lot of wealthy kids went the same route so the draft only caught patriots and poor people. That’s not a ringing endorsement of The Donald.
[That’s not a ringing endorsement of The Donald.]
Maybe TRUMP was preserved to fight a war of words.
My dad wasn’t rich, but he was fortunate enough to get one deferment after another until that hellacious war was over. His brother wasn’t as lucky and was drafted. He asked to be assigned to a remote weatherman team in Vietnam. His meteorology classmates all asked to be assigned various other places. Scared my dad and grandparents witless.
He got Australia. They got Vietnam. Several didn’t make it.
I thank God for our troops that served in Vietnam and other wars, but I am grateful my dad was home to help create me.