Why Do Some Men Lie About Vietnam?: ; Service Humbles Accomplished Men in Their Own Eyes
Charleston Daily Mail › May 25, 2010
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O, the stained souls, the small-hours doubts, the troubled manhood of so many American men who didn't go to Vietnam when they could have - the strange guilt they seem to feel when they confront Vietnam veterans.
Strange: There were some cheaters and liars, but all that most of them did was exercise their legal rights, in the manner of Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut attorney general and Democratic Senate candidate - five deferments, then a safe stateside slot in the Marine reserves.See the full content of this document
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Why Do Some Men Lie About Vietnam?: ; Service Humbles Accomplished Men in Their Own Eyes
They had a right to avoid the draft with academic deferments, occupational deferments and medical deferments obtained from doctors noted for their artistry in taking X-rays of dangerous deformities.
They were ent...See the full content of this document
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