[TR] off topic question

Randall TR3driver at ca.rr.com
Sun Nov 22 15:35:28 MST 2015


> If you were making your mortgage payments working at a 
> regular job with a decent salary and then you were drafted, 
> with (presumably) a lower pay as a Private, did you just lose 
> your home and tough luck to you, or was there some sort of protection?

As I recall, there was a "hardship exemption".  If you could show undue hardship, like not being able to support your dependents,
you could get an exemption from military service.  But, back then, the military actually paid pretty good once you factor in that
they supplied food, housing, clothing, health care and so on.  And probably just having to sell your house would not count as a
hardship, since you wouldn't need it while in the military (and the military would help you buy another one after you were
discharged).  They did give you time to settle your affairs (or apply for re-classification as a student or whatever), so you
wouldn't have to just walk away from it.

-- Randall  



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