Maureen wrote:
During Vietnam all the poor and working class kids had to go. The others got student deferments or in the case of George Bush, Dad pulled some strings and got him in the National Guard.
I don't disagree at all that, with money and influence, many were able to avoid the draft. Don't forget, though, that student deferments were eliminated (in 1970 or '71?). That certainly affected MY life, and those of the people I was at school with. -- ######################################################## Steve Dulson Costa Mesa CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Tinker's Own" http://www.tinkersown.com "The Living Tradition Concert Series" http://www.thelivingtradition.org/
