CrusaderFrank
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Biden had 5 deferments as wellYou keep repeating that distortion and misdirection. Trump was eligible for the draft during the entire decade of the 60's and particularly during rhe Vietnam War. The draft by lottery did not begin until 1969 and that was for men who would be inducted in 1970. Trump used deferments, aka, draft dodging, to escape service in Vietnam during rhe height of the War.After all that bullshit, Trump's draft lottery number was 356, BTW, Blow Job, born the same year had 311 as his number! H!mmm....Blow Job with a lower # wasntw called up either!!!!His draft # 356 in the draft lottery for men born in 1946 was NEVER CALLED UP TO SERVE,,,, I LOVE repeating this for all the asshole ABNORMALS that keep repeating he was a draft dodger... Now go GOOGLE it to make sure, I am not pulling a DemonRAT lie!Where did trump spend time during Viet Nam?
'The matter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s military service (or lack thereof) surfaced multiple times during the 2016 election cycle, first in July 2015 when Trump maligned Sen. John McCain, a POW during the Vietnam War, for being captured, and again in July 2016 when he openly feuded with the family of slain U.S. soldier Humayun Khan after Khan’s father, Khizr, criticized Trump during an appearance at the Democratic National Convention.
Trump himself has never served in the military. Selective Service records obtained from the National Archives by The Smoking Gun in 2011 reveal the following history of his draft eligibility:
1964:
Donald Trump became eligible for the draft on his 18th birthday (14 June 1964) and registered with the Selective Service System 10 days later. He received the first of four 2-S (college) deferments on 28 July 1964.
1965:
Trump received his second college deferment on 14 December 1965.
1966:
Trump’s previous deferment expired and he was reclassified 1-A (available for military service) on 22 November 1966. His 2-S deferment was renewed on 13 December.
1967:
No record.
1968:
Trump received his fourth and final college deferment on 16 January 1968. After graduating from Wharton, he was reclassified 1-A on 9 July 1968. Trump underwent an Armed Forces physical examination (with a result listed only as “DISQ”) on 19 September 1968 and was reclassified 1-Y (qualified for service only in time of war or national emergency) on 15 October 1968.
According to a statement from the Trump campaign, the 1-Y classification stemmed from Trump’s having bone spurs in both heels:
While attending the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious Wharton School of Finance, Mr. Trump received a minor medical deferment for bone spurs on both heels of his feet. The medical deferment was expected to be short-term and he was therefore entered in the military draft lottery, where he received an extremely high number, 356 out of 365.
1972:
Despite the supposedly “short-term” nature of Trump’s disqualifying physical condition, on 17 February 1972 he was reclassified 4-F (not qualified for military service), presumably due to the abolishment of the 1-Y classification the previous year.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/08/02/donald-trumps-draft-deferments/
'Trump received five deferments during Vietnam: four for his studies in college, and one for — you guessed it — bone spurs in his heel. As The Washington Post reported in July 2015:
For the previous four years, Trump had avoided the draft — and the possibility of being sent to fight in the Vietnam War — by obtaining four separate deferments so he could study at Fordham University and the University of Pennsylvania. With his diploma in hand and his college days over, he was suddenly vulnerable to conscription.
Trump’s exposure to the draft, however, didn’t last long. Two months later, on Sept. 17, 1968, he reported for an armed forces physical examination and was medically disqualified, according to the ledger from his local Selective Service System draft board in Jamaica, N.Y., now in the custody of the National Archives.
The ledger does not detail why Trump failed the exam — the Selective Service destroyed all medical records and individual files after the draft ended in 1973 and the military converted to an all-volunteer force.
In recent days, Trump, a Republican presidential candidate, and his campaign have said that he received the medical deferment because he had bone spurs in his feet. But rather than clear up all questions about why he did not serve in the military during the Vietnam era, they have given shifting accounts that are at odds with the few remaining documents in his Selective Service file.'
Analysis | McCain hits Trump where it hurts, attacking 'bone spur' deferments in Vietnam
If I changed the word 'Trump' to a Democratic politician - you would be freaking out about it (don't bother denying it - I won't believe you for a second).
But because it is Trump - you give it a pass.
Trump clearly did everything he could to get out of serving. That's fine - lots of people were against the war and did not want to fight in it...I can live with that (so long as you are honest about it - which he is not, IMO).
But to then turn around and insult others in regards to that war is hypocritical.
Have a nice day.
What's Your Number? The Vietnam War Selective Service Lottery | HistoryNet
When young men Trump's age were being drafted in the mid-1960s Trump was evading service.