I told the folks at the draft that I wished to register as a consciencious objector. They asked me if I was Quaker or Amish and I said no, I just don't believe in going to another country and killing the people for reasons I did not believe in. I was denied on the spot.
I had met David Harris in Sept at my college in Oregon (noted anti-war protestor, president of the Stanford student body, and husband to Joan Baez) and he had helped convince me not to register. When I went back to Hawaii in Dec to see the parents, I was already deliquent. My dad, a career Air Force officer, went nuts. I was sent to an Air Force lawyer and a priest, but it wasn't until my mom told me that I was killing my dad that I decided to register. I was in college and had that deferment until I was expelled for having a girl in my dorm room. I drifted in Oregon, picking fruit with migrant Mexicans, working in the woods, etc. I had a general delivery mailbox, and when I saw a months old notice to report to my draft physical in Hawaii, I threw them away. So, in my own way, I am a draft dodger too. But unlike Cheney or Nugent, I am against all wars.
A few years later, I did take my physical in Phoenix.....that's a whole 'nother story.
Bottom line is that I have never served in the military. I have a tremendous respect for those that do. Peace.
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