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The Question of Time: What Was Life Like in 1963?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: lachlan on February 19, 2007, 11:57:02 am ---I knew quite a few married boys who got drafted, although I think the rules changed from year to year, becoming increasingly harder to avoid as the need for more soldiers grew.
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This question came up--somewhere--some time ago. I believe married men received a different draft classification from single men.
fernly:
Short answer - married men were protected from the draft until Oct.1965, after that it was married men with dependent children.
I knew several men who utilized these protections.
Longer article about draft deferments as seen through the experience of our vice-president is here:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?action=post;msg=130773;topic=6914.0;sesc=5e939b023b99f2cd504ab62903adc652
(points relevant to Jack and Ennis are italicized)
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: fernly on February 19, 2007, 08:46:07 pm ---Short answer - married men were protected from the draft until Oct.1965, after that it was married men with dependent children.
I knew several men who utilized these protections.
Longer article about draft deferments as seen through the experience of our vice-president is here:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?action=post;msg=130773;topic=6914.0;sesc=5e939b023b99f2cd504ab62903adc652
(points relevant to Jack and Ennis are italicized)
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Thanks, Fern! I think we have our answer here.
Ennis married Alma in November (film)/December (story) 1963. Alma, Jr., was born in September 1964 (story). So first Ennis was a married man, and then by the time the rules changed (Oct. 1965), he was a married man with dependent children.
Brokeback_Dev:
The mystery solved, and very a very interesting piece of American history..
Brokeback_Dev:
Did anybody else wear a POW bracelet and army jacket besides me?
I still get teary thinking of our boys over in that hell hole of a place.
First time I ever got high was with a couple Viet Nam vets who musta just got home. It was back in 1972.
I started my experimentation with drugs early in life. Goes to show you why I dont do it anymore.
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