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Bradshaw3

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2. Took a lot of courage to be a conscientious objector in those days

Reply to SHRED (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 3, 2017, 11:22 AM

Sep 2017

While it took a lot of cynical cowardice to get five deferments for "bone spurs" or spending a year in Alabama doing Texas National Guard "duty" to avoid going to Vietnam.

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