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FakeNoose

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10. In those days people did stuff to get out of Vietnam

Reply to flotsam (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 10:27 AM

Sep 2019

I knew guys who split for Canada, I knew guys who tried to fake a disease or medical condition. I'm sure the gay thing was tried several times. Lots of guys my age went to college who probably didn't belong there, but they needed the student deferment. Guys were scared, and most people my age did not support the Vietnam War politically or morally. Bone spurs anyone?

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