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Draft deferments

The process and criteria for receiving draft deferments, including student status and medical classifications.

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Jan 23, 2026
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How did Donald Trump receive a medical deferment from the Vietnam War draft?

avoided service in Vietnam by receiving four student deferments while in college and a later medical deferment for bone spurs in his heels that led to a permanent 4‑F classification; contemporaneous S...

Jan 24, 2026

Have any contemporaneous physicians' notes or draft‑board letters related to other public figures' deferments been released, and what do they reveal about practices then?

Contemporaneous and have been released for some public figures and those documents—typically administrative deferment cards and classification letters or exam results—show student deferments and later...