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Back in the good old days of the late 60's most normal people tried in any way they could to get out of the draft. Of course there are always a few gung ho guys who joined the Marines. But if you could not get out of the draft, you could join a branch of the service when the chances of not getting killed were better. Like the Air Force or the Navy. An example was John F. Kerry, he applied for an deferment so that he could study in Paris. The request was turned down. He then Joined the Naval Reserve. He ended up on a Tin Can in Gulf of Tonkin. Because he was a John Kennedy wannabe, he put in for duty in a new service, called the swift boats. Swift Boats at that time was on non Hazardous coastal patrol duty. After he got there, they went into combat. The rest of the story has been rehashed everynight.
George W. Bush has stated many times that if his unit had been activated(a possibility) he would have gone. Once the shooting started John Kerry figured the best way to get out of there. No one is complaining about that. What people complain about is what he did when he got back. Then when he runs for President, he makes a big issue of the fact that "I was in Viet Nam". People who served with him are now having Flashbacks. The rest is history.
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