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Though he was sometimes labeled a draft dodger, he was very much the opposite.

From New York Times Feb. 7, 2023

Arnold Hudson said that as a black man from South Los Angeles, he saw no future as a convicted draft dodger.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2018

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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