“Trump and Biden were draft evaders”
Contrary to legend, it was very easy to get a deferment. The truth is the military didn’t have enough billets for the cohorts that became eligible in the mid ‘60s when the boomers came along.
I never said anything about how easy it was, but it was not the same across the board for everyone, everywhere, Trump and Biden both suddenly had temporary medical conditions that their personal doctors identified after their years of student deferments and athleticism ended.
Michael Medved admits that he used the teacher deferment for instance.
The guys who fled the country were scum and I always refused to be in the same social setting with them, if one had sneaked back in and was at the same party as I was I would demand that he be forced to leave.
I was inducted in May 68 and stood in line for medicals, etc. right along with draftees. Then at one point they pulled the AF and NAVY inductees apart and had the rest all line up and count off 1 to 4. At the conclusion, the sergeant said, “all you number 4s are now US Marines.” [Atlanta, Ponce De Leon Induction Center May 27, 1968]