"He's a draft dodger, simple as that," McCabe later added. Trump's claim that an “ultimately” high draft lottery number kept him out of the Vietnam War, a 2018 New York Times report found that ...
The U.S. and Russia, engaged in a tense Cold War, begin providing ... in April 1975. Vietnam is formally reunified July 2, 1976. In 1977, Pres. Carter pardons all draft dodgers.
“He’s a draft dodger, simple as that,” said Army veteran ... Trump avoided the draft during the Vietnam War with four ...
And the Viet Nam war, in addition to provoking peacenik protesters, has also increased the number of plain draft dodgers. In 1964, 144 men were jailed on draft-dodging charges for an average of 21 ...
The additional spending to fund the USA's involvement in Vietnam has been estimated at $111 billion. Over 100,000 US troops lost limbs in the war and required treatment. ‘Draft dodgers’ were ...
he received a diagnosis that landed him a fifth draft deferment that would once again keep him out of Vietnam: bone spurs. President Trump sat out the war and instead went on to join his father in ...