Dave, Nick and Bob would have been eligible for the draft until the age of 26. They all reached 26 before the Vietnam War led to higher draft call-ups. When they were in college, they would have had student deferments. After college, they probably had deferments because they were married and had children. That's before we get to any issues of physical disqualification. When the Vietnam War heated up, student deferments, marriage deferments and fatherhood deferments all fell by the wayside.
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