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...weren’t going to give people commissions,” says Abrams, who was also managing editor of The Crimson. The government conceded, granting the 4,000 “non-flight” seniors status as second lieutenants in the Air National Guard, exemption from the draft, and benefits nearly equal to those of members of the Air Force Reserve, in exchange for six years enrollment in the Guard...
...Korean War well underway in their first year at Harvard, members of the Class of ’54 were more eager than ever to participate in the ROTC—either because of a sincere interest in armed service training, or as a chance to avoid the draft...
...more essential to success than time. Not the time of tide and moon phase on June 6, 1944, but the much more consequential arc of the preceding 57 months. The nearly five years that separated D-day from the war's outbreak provided time for America the Unready to draft, train and deploy an invasion force of some 3 million men; time to season those untested civilian soldiers in North Africa and Italy; time to stockpile in Britain nearly 5 million tons of munitions, thousands of aircraft and an armada of 6,483 ships; time for British and U.S. bombers...
...figured he was going to be a pitcher in [the upcoming June amateur draft],” Burks said. “And he said, no, he’s going to be a hitter. I asked what he hit and he said he hit [.427]. That’s pretty damn good...
...England Patriots will win the next seven Super Bowls. Every year that the Pats are good, Belichick will astutely trade his expendable players for first and second-round draft picks...