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  1. Nov 5, 2001 · It didn’t take long for the rumor to begin that Greenwood, who was reaping acclaim (and royalties) for his modern-day American anthem, was actually a draft dodger who fled the USA for Canada...

  2. Lee Greenwood was not a draft dodger, this irony was created to bad mouth him. Elaine from Wilkes-barre, Sc I love "God Bless the U.S.A." It makes me feel so patriotic.

  3. Apr 28, 2022 · Was lee Greenwood a draft dodger? There Answetr is No, this is an urban legend, long ago debunked by snopes.com and other fact-checking websites. Lee Greenwood was given a deferment that kept...

  4. Feb 1, 2021 · In a recent Military Times article titled “Dodging and deferring: Trump wasn’t the only POTUS to avoid the draft,” former Assistant Secretary of Defense Lawrence J. Korb pointed out that ...

  5. Oct 3, 2003 · During the Vietnam War era, young men were eligible to be drafted for military service. But Greenwood received a hardship deferment and was not drafted. Greenwood wrote his signature song,...

  6. Sep 2, 2017 · For the last 15 years, as Greenwood has tramped across the globe with the USO, his song’s wistfully patriotic verses and rousing chorus has raised military audiences to their feet like they were...

  7. en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lee_GreenwoodLee Greenwood - Wikipedia

    Melvin Lee Greenwood (born October 27, 1942) is an American country music singer-songwriter and saxophonist. Active since 1962, he has released more than 20 major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts.

  8. Draft Deferment: Vietnam. EVENT. Recipients of draft deferments during the Vietnam War era. Note that some of these men enlisted in the armed forces despite a deferment. A total of 1,857,304 men were drafted between August 1964 and February 1973, drawing from the pool of men born on or before 1955. Some common Selective Service classifications:

  9. "God Bless the U.S.A." (also known as "Proud to Be an American") is an American patriotic song written and recorded by American country music artist Lee Greenwood, and is considered to be his signature song.

  10. Sep 10, 2021 · Country music legend Lee Greenwood joins 23ABC at 6am to talk about the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and his iconic song, "God Bless the USA" and the impact it had on him and a nation.

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