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Despite that fascination, Trump took multiple deferments to avoid service in the Vietnam War. When he became president, Trump staffed his cabinet with senior generals. He appointed Mattis, a ...
He identified and viewed "approximately 120 films portraying relations between Vietnam veterans and the anti-war movement", and reveals that from the "late 1970s on, Hollywood produce[d] more and more films portraying anti-war movement hostility toward soldiers and veterans." The movie Tracks, in 1977, "contains the first clear inference that ...
Neither Trump nor Harris served in the military, with Trump obtaining a series of deferments during the Vietnam War, including one obtained with a physician's letter saying he had bone spurs in ...
A biographer of Trump said the president once showed him the bone spurs that got him out of the draft, but he "didn't see" any evidence of them.
After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, there was an increase in American films that were more "raw,” containing actual battle footage. A FilmReference.com article noted that American filmmakers "appeared more confident to put Vietnam combat on screen for the first time" during that era. [1]
McChrystal could—and did—find another 10,000 soldiers from the ranks of the coalition forces, which meant he got his 40,000. The generals had won. In the many books by and about Trump, and in interviews given by his employees past and present, a clear picture emerges of his leadership style.
Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Sydney, 1965. In 1964 Australia enacted a draft for soldiers to send to Vietnam. From 1966 to 1968 a growing force of conscientious objectors grew in Australia and by 1967 became openly popular due to a growing protest movement.
Donald Trump is coming under fire for a 1997 interview in which he allegedly compares himself to a "brave soldier" in Vietnam while talking about his sex life.. In a video posted online, he can be ...