draft dodger
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Was he a draft dodger who fled to Canada on principle to escape military service?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024
The term "draft dodger" lingers, but it became popular during WW II when there were, literally, able bodied men who hid out.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2017
In 2013, he wrote on his blog that had begun his life as “a draft dodger and anti-war activist” while his classmates “walked off that stage and stepped directly into the Vietnam War.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 5, 2016
“Anybody here like John Wayne movies?” she asked the crowd, before declaring that her father, a noted draft dodger, “ dad loved America, and he loved and revered liberty.”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2016
After calling in sick, he hopped into his newly purchased car and drove off to meet his friend Bill Wernecke, a fervent Nazi supporter and an expert draft dodger.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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