Reich showed up for his induction physical. He failed it. There's absolutely nothing dishonorable about that happening.
Remember, this guy 4'10" tall showed up where taller, stronger and supposedly smarter men didn't!
True. But the armed forces had been compelled to take in approx. 100K of "McNamara's morons." Meanwhile, these guys walked...through no real fault of their own, but walk they did.