Why US veterans voted 2-to-1 for Donald Trump
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/11/11/why-veterans-voted-donald-trump-swing-states/21603486/
How swing-state military veterans played a key role in Donald Trump winning the White House
EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump pictured in uniform as a cadet captain - before he dodged the Vietnam draft with four deferments and a ‘bone spur’
Republican presidential candidate at center of storm over his lack of military record after he said John McCain was 'not a war hero’
Trump got a high draft number but was deferred four times as he studied at Fordham College and the elite Wharton School of Business
He was a standout athlete at New York Military Academy where he was scouted for the Red Sox and West Point
But two years later he was diagnosed with a 'bone spur’ and eventually declared unfit for service
Photos show Donald Trump in military uniform, with athletic teams before dodging the Vietnam draft with ‘bull—t’ injury
How Donald Trump Partied During the Vietnam War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLydb7K6zmY
TRUMP’S VIETNAM MEDICAL DEFERMENT WAS BULLSH*T AND THESE PHOTOS PROVE IT (IMAGES)
Trump Busted In Lies About Vietnam Draft Deferments
http://www.joemygod.com/2016/08/02/trump-busted-in-lie-about-military-draft-deferment/
Trump Got A Medical Draft Deferment For Heel Spurs, But Couldn’t Remember Which Foot Was Affected
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/deferments-helped-trump-dodge-vietnam
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/trump-draft-deferment
Donald Trump is a chicken-hawk and a hypocrite: The real story about Vietnam and the draft
Trump claims to love veterans now. Maybe because he was happy to let someone else fight in his place
What Is a Heel Spur?
Thirty-eight percent of people have the same bone growth that kept Trump out of Vietnam.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/08/whats-a-heel-spur/494057/
“Donald Trump is a silver-spooned draft dodger who bragged about bedding women while real men of courage were giving their lives serving this country in Vietnam.”
Donald Trump’s confusing explanation for how he avoided the Vietnam draft
http://theweek.com/speedreads/640446/donald-trumps-confusing-explanation-how-avoided-vietnam-draft
Donald Trump’s Draft Deferments: Four for College, One for Bad Feet
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/us/politics/donald-trump-draft-record.html
NY Times Revisits Trump’s Draft Deferments After His Comments on the Khans and Sacrifice
Did Daddy Get Donald Out of Vietnam and Into Wharton? X-Rays and College Transcripts Could Answer
“I always felt like I was in the military. (I got) more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military.” ~Donald Trump
http://www.snopes.com/donald-trump-military-training-quote/
Trump boasts of ‘military life’ — despite never serving
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/trump-boasts-military-training-despite-never-serving
Donald Trump Likens His Schooling to Military Service in Book
Donald Trump’s disrespect for the military is appalling – and unprecedented
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/donald-trump-military-service-213392
Trump himself has never served in the military. Selective Service records obtained from the National Archives by The Smoking Gun in 2015 reveal the following history of his draft eligibility:
1964:
Donald Trump became eligible for the draft on his 18th birthday (14 June 1964) and registered with the Selective Service System 10 days later. He received the first of four 2-S (college) deferments on 28 July 1964.
1965:
Trump received his second college deferment on 14 December 1965.
1966:
Trump’s previous deferment expired and he was reclassified 1-A (available for military service) on 22 November 1966. His 2-S deferment was renewed on 13 December.
1967:
No record.
1968:
Trump received his fourth and final college deferment on 16 January 1968. After graduating from Wharton, he was reclassified 1-A on 9 July 1968. Trump underwent an Armed Forces physical examination (with a result listed only as “DISQ”) on 19 September 1968 and was reclassified 1-Y (qualified for service only in time of war or national emergency) on 15 October 1968.
According to a statement from the Trump campaign, the 1-Y classification stemmed from Trump’s having bone spurs in both heels:
While attending the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious Wharton School of Finance, Mr. Trump received a minor medical deferment for bone spurs on both heels of his feet. The medical deferment was expected to be short-term and he was therefore entered in the military draft lottery, where he received an extremely high number, 356 out of 365.
1972:
Despite the supposedly “short-term” nature of Trump’s disqualifying physical condition, on 17 February 1972 he was reclassified 4-F (not qualified for military service), presumably due to the abolishment of the 1-Y classification the previous year.
http://www.snopes.com/2016/08/02/donald-trumps-draft-deferments/
Trump evades specifics on his draft deferment
His vague account of a critical period in 1968 and 1969 raises questions about his explanation of why he did not serve in Vietnam.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/donald-trump-evades-specifics-on-his-draft-deferment-120330
How deferments protected Donald Trump from serving in Vietnam
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-donald-trump-military-20160803-snap-htmlstory.html
Questions linger about Trump’s draft deferments during Vietnam War
Reminder: Donald Trump is a cowardly draft dodger
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/271429/donald-trump-draft-dodger/
New scrutiny over Trump’s medical deferment during Vietnam War
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-avoided-vietnam-with-deferments-records-show/
Donald Trump (Research Article, a work in progress)
https://tmblr.co/ZFotut29RiRWu
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