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Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld '66 fought attempts to induct him into the Army during the Vietnam War, the Boston Herald reported yesterday.
The Associated Press quoted Weld as denying the Herald's report. The newspaper cited draft board records from Long Island, where Weld is from, which said the governor was four times certified as IA--available service.
Weld passed Army physicals at least twice, according to the draft records. The governor had maintained that he failed a physical because of a bad back and was thus able to keep his student deferment.
"In terms of activity, there is more to his record than you would expect," Lew Brodsky, assistant director for Selective Service public affairs, told the Herald. "He was definitely going through processes most others of his time were not."
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