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To: lawdude; laweeks
"I'm not so enamored with Frankie. In World War II, most of the GIs had nothing but contempt for his draft dodging. He couldn't go to war, but he could fight it on a safe sound-stage in Hollywood."

Wikipedia begs to differ for what it's worth...

Following his teen years in New Jersey, Sinatra was interested in serving his country during World War II. But on December 9, 1941, close to his 26th birthday, Sinatra was classified as 4-F at Newark Induction Center, due to a punctured eardrum he suffered from a difficult forceps delivery. This allowed Sinatra to pursue entertainment, rather than being enlisted in the Army Air Corps.

44 posted on 12/12/2006 9:21:01 AM PST by akorahil (Thank You and God bless all Veterans. Truly, the real heroes.)
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To: akorahil

"Sinatra was classified as 4-F at Newark Induction Center, due to a punctured eardrum he suffered from a difficult forceps delivery. This allowed Sinatra to pursue entertainment, rather than being enlisted in the Army Air Corps."

Yeah, right!


48 posted on 12/12/2006 9:39:31 AM PST by laweeks (I)
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