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...year of “man-snatching,” the Yearbook wrote. Congress resurrected the draft in the spring of the Class’ junior year, and ROTC programs on campus flourished. From 1950 to 1951, more than 100 College students withdrew for military service...
...picture post-college looked rosy. Graduating seniors were lucky that defense production had strengthened the economy and created new jobs. Combined with the shortage of hands from the recently enacted draft, that meant plenty of employment opportunities...
...years rolled on. Korea replaced the Second World War and those facing the draft besieged veterans with service related questions. Many volunteered for service; others who had missed being in the war were either called up or hastily volunteered so that they could return to Harvard after completing their military service. In some cases this was a lifesaver, since the grades they obtained in College might have forced the student to leave the class involuntarily...
...With the draft and stormy world events looming over his generation of college men, Hirschman left the College early and enrolled in medical school at Indiana University, one of many institutions that accepted three-year undergraduates at the time...
Students who were not part of an ROTC program faced the specter of the draft. But while students who joined the reserves received draft exemptions until they earned their degrees, that option now meant a prolonged term of service after graduation...