Would being a cop in the late 60s help you dodge the draft?

Originally Posted by Rock Chuck

Originally Posted by Stan V

I was #33 in 1969

I drew #40. I was a senior in college, fresh out of deferments. By this time, people were realizing that the war had nothing to do with freedom or patriotism. It was all a political game. I joined the Nat. Guard.

My cousin and I joined the Navy under the buddy program. He failed the physical and was taken later after passing physical through our family Dr. So, we went our separate ways. We met one more time in San Diego loading ordinance before I shipped out to Vietnam and we partied like cousins do. A month later he fell from the bridge of his ship 40' and survived, but was never the same. His draft number was 260 something.

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Re: Would being a cop in the late 60s help you dodge the draft? renegade50 #18090628 02/02/23
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BC30cal Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,142 Okanagan Falls, BC	renegade50; Good afternoon to you once more, I still hope you're well and the day is behaving for you. I'm down from a mountain lake where I drilled a hole in the ice and watched yellow perch ignore my best offerings for a second time this year, but any day fishing and all that right? You mentioned the Civil War and again a lot of folks don't realize how involved Canada was in that event. From a total population of perhaps 1.5 million, more than 50,000 Canadians went south to fight, not all on the side of the Union either. There were spy rings operating in Victoria - Esquimalt only then, Halifax and Montreal. Jefferson Davis' family stayed in Montreal and he joined them in 1867 for awhile. When things get loud the border doesn't mean that much or so it's been historically anyways renegade. Best to you all again. Dwayne The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"

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