He got a medical deferment due to a mental illness as attested to by his medical doctor. See the Miami Herald article on this.
It is someone that wants to avoid the Military service.
It is someone that wants to avoid the Military service.
To avoid military service (to avoid being a soldier, or marine, etc.).
Dave Matthews
To avoid military service.
Einstein renounced his citizenship in 1896 to avoid military service.
some would leave the country
Fleeing the US or being unfit for military service.
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No. They say that he avoided military draft by saying that he was gay. Which was seen as a disease back then. I don;t know if this is true, but he did avoid military draft.
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Grover Cleveland paid money to avoid the draft for the Civil War. (This was a legal option which he took advantage of.)