...that I have a medical waiver for. (Navy)" Horsehockey. If you had a medical waiver approved by NRC/BUPERS/BUMED, you would NOT have been PDQed by MEPS.
Write your congressman. Maybe he/she can help. Otherwise its unlikely you will get in.
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.