2006-11-01 10:25:08 · 13 answers · asked by bc19602002 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
No, they were not but you had to file for deferment. In general, if you were in college, you were put at the bottom of the list or bypassed.
2006-11-01 10:30:07 · answer #1 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes!! I was working my way through College and ready to begin my Senior year. My college deferment expired after 4 years . I was working my way through college with a night job, and on a 5 year program with a slightly reduced course load. After Vietnam, I finished my 5th year receiving a BA degree in Business Administration. I used the GI bill for that final year. I took the draft boards option of 4 years active duty in the USAF vs 2 years Army. I served 69-73 . Okinawa was a support base for Vietnam. I was an Air Traffic Controller there in 1972 and 1973. By the time I finished college, I was 27 years old and had started college when I was 17 right out of High School. Working day and night after graduation, I caught up with my peers after a few years. Time has softened my resentment of the Vietnam draft program. I was lucky not to have been on the front lines in Vietnam and have nothing but the utmost respect for those who were not so fortunate as me. At age 69, I have a Wife, 2 children and 3 grand children. God blessed many of those Veterans like me who answered the call.
2016-11-07 17:36:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You could avoid the draft by getting a college deferment. That's how affluent people kept their kids out of danger.
When you were done with college you could enter the military as an officer after 3 months of officer training. Then when you tried to lead your men into a dangerous situation, the drafted guys in your unit would frag you.
See how well the draft works?
2006-11-01 10:32:08 · answer #3 · answered by imnogeniusbutt 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No they applied for student deferrments just like Geo W Bush did for awhile. He then joined the National Guard to avoid service in Vietnam.
2006-11-01 10:30:09 · answer #4 · answered by Kenneth H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 22:35:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but it was far cheaper to just pay off the local draft board For the most part only poor people die in war.
2006-11-01 10:43:30 · answer #6 · answered by Billy M 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you were a full time student in good standing (decent grades), you got a student deferment till you graduated or quit/flunked out.
2006-11-01 11:38:08 · answer #7 · answered by preacher55 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. Just being in college wouldn't be enough to avoid the draft. There would be certain things, l think, like studying to be a doctor, but mostly, they'd just take your *** for their stupid war.
2006-11-01 10:27:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
There were deferments for being in college (also being married was another one)...i remember.
2006-11-01 16:02:46 · answer #9 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trick wasn't getting the collage deferment, the trick was keeping it.
2006-11-01 10:37:33 · answer #10 · answered by tom l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋