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Frank Sinatra - Draft Dodger?

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Joe Mama

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May 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/19/98
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Does anyone know if Frank Sinatra was a draft dodger during WWII? Someone
told me he used his influence to avoid serving, and WWII veterans made a big
deal about it during and immediately after the war. I was waiting for
Howard to bring this up, but he didn't.

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William Denton

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May 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/21/98
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Joe Mama <schu...@eznet.net> wrote:

: Does anyone know if Frank Sinatra was a draft dodger during WWII?


: Someone told me he used his influence to avoid serving, and WWII
: veterans made a big deal about it during and immediately after the
: war.

I've never heard he dodged it, or wangled his way out. He was 4F
because of a punctured eardrum.

: I was waiting for Howard to bring this up, but he didn't.

Howard who? The Duck?


Bill
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Ted Thompson

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May 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/22/98
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Joe Mama wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if Frank Sinatra was a draft dodger during WWII? Someone
> told me he used his influence to avoid serving, and WWII veterans made a big
> deal about it during and immediately after the war. I was waiting for

> Howard to bring this up, but he didn't.
>
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> "Who the hell's DiCaprio?" Hank, the Angry, Drunken Dwarf, 1998
> schu...@eznet.net
Gee, I hope Howard lets us know the awful truth. Thank God he didn`t
have to go.We probably wouldn`t have as much great music if he had.
Maybe you can find something better to worry about if you try real hard.

Norman F. Perry

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May 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/23/98
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This subject does not even deserve a response!!!

Norm (in FL)

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Bosco Rooty

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May 25, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/25/98
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William Denton <bu...@interlog.com> wrote in article
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> Joe Mama <schu...@eznet.net> wrote:
>
> : Does anyone know if Frank Sinatra was a draft dodger during WWII?
> : Someone told me he used his influence to avoid serving, and WWII
> : veterans made a big deal about it during and immediately after the
> : war.
>

> I've never heard he dodged it, or wangled his way out. He was 4F
> because of a punctured eardrum.
>

That's true. However, it was fairly common for people of money or
influence to pay unscrupulous doctors for an eardrum puncture. Whether
Frank's was legit or not, I don't know.

R

William Denton

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May 25, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/25/98
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Bosco Rooty <rla...@gatecom.com> wrote:

: That's true. However, it was fairly common for people of money


: or influence to pay unscrupulous doctors for an eardrum puncture.
: Whether Frank's was legit or not, I don't know.

I'll assume it's legit, until I hear better evidence than a rumour
cited on Usenet. Sinatra's birth was a rough one, and forceps gave
him life-long scars on his face and neck; from what I've read, that's
when his eardrum was punctured.

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