Word: swindon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...just that moment one of the conshies, 26-year-old Russian-born Michael De Beausset (who played Major Swindon in Shaw's The Devil's Disciple), was due to turn up for induction. Instead he wrote the Army a letter: "As I explained to my draft board, I like the United States of America. But my sentiments would hamper the war effort." He was promptly arrested as a draft-dodger...