> Anyone got a college deferment Of course, but back then, it was an indirect way of keeping the children of the wealthy out of harm's way, as manufacturing st

> Anyone got a college deferment Of course, but back then, it was an indirect way of keeping the children of the wealthy out of harm's way, as manufacturing still had a big presence in the US. Rather than going to college, the children of the middle class/poor went to work in factories after high school, and so they could be sent to war. > were drafted afterward unless they were in an essential occupation That's good to know. Were there any other loopholes used by the wealthy (there must have been some)?