Hans Remembers- Thursday April 23, 1970- 50 Years Ago.
- President Richard Milhous Nixon issued an Executive Order ending any future deferment from the military draft based on occupation, agriculture of fatherhood. Evidently two men did get deferments- while LBJ’s two sons-in-law went to Vietnam- The Tricky One’s two sons-in-law stayed safe at home.
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Hans… did LBJ ever comment on this?
Not that I know of. He did live to nearly the end of Nixon’s first term. Interesting that Ike’s grandson -one of Nixon’s son in laws- was of draft age. I will give Al Gore present- his father was a US Senator- and he went. He could have easily got out of it.
Yea that part about the draft pissed me off. I actually knew a girl…she was 18 at the time and her father got out of Vietnam because of being in a wealthy family…she said that was totally fair.
I said something rude and walked.
Dont get me wrong…if you could get out the more power to you but not when it wasn’t across the board.
Its a tragedy that even one person had to go to that war. WWII-now that was a war that needed fought. This one- a big mistake from day 1. We lost and Vietnam went communist. How did that impact anyone in the United States? I keep thinking of “Fortunate Son”
Perfect example.
I had read somewhere -where Fortunate Son was written with David Eisenhower in mind- I don’t know if that is true or not.
I’m pretty sure you are right about that. I think I read it in a bio about Creedence.
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Thank you- and I will be!
Seems like VietNam and every other “war” since then has been unnecessary and designed to line somebody’s pockets.
well i think after 9-11 something had to be done… Iraq- no.
I honestly don’t we ever gotten down to the truth of 9-11 and whether it was foreign or domestic terrorism, did we?
I think it was the ones who were accused on those planes- I am not a big conspiracy person. Now I do wonder about that last plane that had turned around and was heading back to DC- I don’t know what brought that plane down was it the passengers attacking the terrorists or was it shot down?