My FIL wants me to find out a couple of things. He heard that in WW II you could either pay your way out of the draft or if you could get someone to go in your place you could be cleared also. True, not true? Can anyone give me some info, backgound? Thanks!
2007-12-03 16:39:52 · 6 answers · asked by emtalex 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I understand the "legal" aspect of it but could it have been done illegally of off the books somehow?
2007-12-03 17:04:57 · update #1
So if you got drafted and your brother didn't, could he go in your place to satisfy that draft? I assume everybody was on the verge but not everyone was called...
2007-12-04 07:58:07 · update #2
Born During WW2(Me)......Buying your way out would have been a Federal Offense....however there were alot of exemptions Big Families only one male bread winner... alot of brothers [ some stayed home] every situation was evaluated on its own merits..having said that ...there were more than enough volunteers
2007-12-03 16:55:51 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know it was true in the Civil war, but im pretty sure it wasn't in WW2
Also: commanderbuck383:
The draft dodging in the Civil War occured on both sides. That's how a lot of people came to see it a a rich man's war.
2007-12-03 16:43:08 · answer #2 · answered by Il fuoco di furia 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Only if you were a damnyankee draft dodger during the War Between the States could you buy your way out.
2007-12-03 16:49:30 · answer #3 · answered by commanderbuck383 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
have you ever study your history books? particular there became right into a draft and with out each and every of the protest of previous wars.individuals have been proud to preserve their u . s . for the duration of WNW11 no longer only like the cowards of immediately. for the duration of WWII maximum youthful men joined in the previous they have been drafted
2016-10-10 05:06:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not true but it was true for the Civil War.
2007-12-03 16:42:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not true.
2007-12-03 16:47:15 · answer #6 · answered by smsmith500 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋