Is it true that Mitt Romney dodged the Vietnam draft by running off to France for several years?

No. Romney had missed much of the tumultuous American anti-Vietnam War movement while away, and was surprised to learn that his father had turned against the war during his unsuccessful 1968 presidential campaign. Regarding the military draft, Romney had initially received a student deferment, then like most other Mormon missionaries a ministerial deferment while in France, then another student deferment.

When those ran out, his high number in the December 1969 draft lottery (300) ensured he would not be selected. However when Bill Clinton did almost the EXACT same thing.......(2 student deferments)then getting a high draft number, the Republicans call it draft dodging but not when Romney, Cheney, Bush, Beck or Limbaugh do it. But no they all had legal deferments and did not "dodge" the draft.

The draft worked on some sort of lottery system. The lower your lottery number, the more likely you were to be drafted. From what I understand, Mitt's lottery number was very high, meaning he probably would not be called up.

Also, from what I understand, those with low lottery numbers were not called to go on missions for the LDS church. The government was afraid that the church would call all it's young men to missions and would cut down on the eligible draftees. So, the church agreed to only call those who were not likely to be drafted.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.