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    From a425couple@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 15 08:56:22 2021
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    How Joe Biden avoided the Vietnam War Draft

    Preston Ingalls
    World Traveler: 31 countries & Vietnam combat vet '69-'70 Nov 10

    Did Joe Biden dodge the Vietnam War draft?
    “Biden received five student draft deferments during this period, with
    the first coming in late 1963 and the last in early 1968, at the peak of
    the Vietnam War.[16] In April 1968, he was reclassified by the Selective Service System as not available for service due to having had asthma as
    a teenager.[16]”

    I have read on various Internet sources that the reason Biden did not
    release his full medical records during the campaign was they would
    reveal the extent to which he went to avoid military induction once he
    received his draft notice. Although in his best-selling memoir,
    “Promises to Keep,” he recounted his active childhood, working as a lifeguard and excelling at high school football, he never mentions
    asthma. It is alleged that what actually happened was by the time Biden
    finally got his draft notice in ‘68, he was already a lawyer so knew how
    to “manipulate the system.” His asthma was not detected during his draft physical but rather Biden appealed his induction by submitting
    "documentation" from a “private physician” notorious for “discovering” disqualifying features for well-connected patients after they were
    notified for induction.

    I am not a supporter of either Trump or Biden, both draft resistors.

    I served during that time, ‘67-'72 with tours in Germany, Vietnam and
    two years at Ft Jackson.

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  • From Sam@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Nov 15 20:25:51 2021
    XPost: soc.history.war.misc, or.politics, seattle.politics

    On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:56:22 -0800, a425couple
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Did Joe Biden dodge the Vietnam War draft?

    Only morons went to fight in Vietnam. They called draftees McNamara's
    morons on Capital Hill.

    Forest Gump was a documentary.

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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to Sam on Wed Nov 17 10:59:53 2021
    XPost: soc.history.war.misc, or.politics, seattle.politics

    On 11/15/2021 8:25 PM, Sam wrote:
    On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:56:22 -0800, a425couple
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Did Joe Biden dodge the Vietnam War draft?

    Only morons went to fight in Vietnam. They called draftees McNamara's
    morons on Capital Hill.

    Forest Gump was a documentary.


    Well, I volunteered to serve in the USMC.
    It was an exciting and challenging time
    of growth.
    Since then, I've done very well for myself.

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