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groundloop

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6. The Donald turned 18 in '64, first draft lottery was held Dec. of '69

Reply to Thor_MN (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 06:51 PM

Jul 2015

So yes, he had a few years worth of deferments to tide him over 'til the draft lottery. First he used student deferments, then there was about a year and a half after he graduated from the 'prestigious Wharton School of Finance' (as his lackeys put it) that he used a "bone spur" to get him medical deferments.

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