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Some students, such as the football captain, burst with patriotic duty as ROTC membership swelled and veterans reaped the benefits of a newly extended G.I. Bill...
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...September 1951, ROTC enrollment among Harvard men had swelled. Air Force ROTC became so popular that the program actually had to turn applicants away—of the 275 students who signed up for air force reserves, the program could only accommodate...
...same time that the national ROTC program ballooned, the armed forces increased the duration of required service in the reserves. Students who received scholarships from the armed services had signed up with ROTC expecting to serve two years, but the new requirements added between four months and a year to this...
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...