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Dylan drafted?
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k***@gmail.com
2017-07-04 05:09:56 UTC
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I'm pretty sure that if the person being drafted is the only male in the family that can carry on the family name, they are exempt. I'm not sure if that was the case with Mr. Bob Dylan.
Will Dockery
2017-07-04 06:59:51 UTC
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Post by k***@gmail.com
I'm pretty sure that if the person being drafted is the only male in the family that can carry on the family name, they are exempt. I'm not sure if that was the case with Mr. Bob Dylan.
Dylan has a slightly younger brother, David Zimmerman.
Just Walkin'
2017-07-08 03:12:41 UTC
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Post by Will Dockery
Post by k***@gmail.com
I'm pretty sure that if the person being drafted is the only male in the family that can carry on the family name, they are exempt. I'm not sure if that was the case with Mr. Bob Dylan.
Dylan has a slightly younger brother, David Zimmerman.
You talkin' about Col. Bob? He must be a general by now. 3 stars at east. And one on the wall.

Dave's a cool cat and a good dad.
NancyGene
2017-07-04 17:54:13 UTC
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Why did Bob Dylan never go to Vietnam? He was only 27 at the height of
the war in 1968, and if Muhammed Ali was draftable then so was Bob. Did
he have a special exemption, health problem or something?
Ask Stephan Pickering why he didn't go into the service either, although he would have been 21 at the height of the war. Was it his diagnosed mental illness or his stay in Canada that left him state-side to do nothing?
m***@gmail.com
2018-05-06 23:23:02 UTC
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I'm a somewhat new member of this newsgroup. I have a big question that
Why did Bob Dylan never go to Vietnam? He was only 27 at the height of
the war in 1968, and if Muhammed Ali was draftable then so was Bob. Did
he have a special exemption, health problem or something?
Anyone who knows the answer to this please respond.
Thanks,
Sage V.H.
They only drafted men born from 1944 to 1950 for the Vietnam War and Dylan was born in 1941.
Rachel
2018-05-06 23:32:06 UTC
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Post by m***@gmail.com
I'm a somewhat new member of this newsgroup. I have a big question that
Why did Bob Dylan never go to Vietnam? He was only 27 at the height of
the war in 1968, and if Muhammed Ali was draftable then so was Bob. Did
he have a special exemption, health problem or something?
Anyone who knows the answer to this please respond.
Thanks,
Sage V.H.
They only drafted men born from 1944 to 1950 for the Vietnam War and Dylan was born in 1941.
he was too tiny (except for his hands and feet and deli-size hebrew national salami)
Will Dockery
2018-05-11 18:55:45 UTC
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most
of the people drafted for vietnam were black people
This really isn't true. The draft was done by lottery and I don't
believe there was any differentiation between blacks and whites when
picking the numbers. As someone else pointed out, though, there may
have been more white draft dodgers than black.
According to statistics, 88.4% of the men who actually served in Vietnam
were Caucasian; 10.6% were black; 1% belonged to other races. Of all
those who served, about 25% were draftees.
http://web.meganet.net/kman/nfv6.htm
Linn
Unfortunately, 17 years later, that link is defunct...

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