re: #83 sagehen

oh, please, like they had any choice. The 1942 draft too EVERY able-bodied man 18-34 — including the entire Harvard student body, all of Major League Baseball, and the president’s sons.

Men who volunteered ahead of their draft notice had some choice whether to be Army or Navy.

Joe would have pulled strings to keep them away from combat if he could have. All of the boys, even with their flaws, were better than their father.