Rush was classified 4-F after a physical found that ehadan "inoperable pilonidal cyst" and a "football knee from high school." He was also classified as 1-Y which was then, and istoday, a "disqualifying condition" for induction. It is a congenital incomplete closure of the neural groove at the base of the spinal cord...The malady can be corrected by surgery, buy short of that is viewed by the military as a needless risk amid unsanitary conditions in the field.
Thanks for serving our country, but ditch the bitterness, please. Not everyone who didn't wade through a rice paddy and catch the clap from Ho Chi Minh hookers is a draft dodger.
Truly a "lame" excuse!
Don't let the medical mumbojumbo fake you out. A pilonidal cyst is literally a "wild hair up your ass." Again, my point was, when it was Rush's time he didn't show up. If every American through time had emulated him, we'd still be a collection of colonies kissing the Queen's pilonidal cyst.
Rush has a big blank spot when it comes to the Vietnam War, claiming the Baby Boomer generation, his generation, knows nothing of sacrifice. The facts are to the contrary. Millions of Boomers served in the military, millions in a war zone, and tens of thousands died. Just not him.
In contrast, since 1980 only about 650 Americans have died in uniform during hostile action.
So Rush is Rong, Clearly the Baby Boom generation knows a lot about war and sacrifice and service just like the WWII'ers, Unfortunately we have to deal with that group of Boomers, the Rush group, who know they are cowards and are a long guilt trip because of it. The major symptom of which, is a tendency to bloviate from an armchair about military matters beyond their comprehension, and a willingness to send other people's kids into battle overseas.