Weatherby not in WW2?

[Clackamas Jack]

I am just curious. Just got done reading a Bill Ruger book and he designed a machine gun for the military and worked for the Ordinance department. Ruger didn't have the resources until after WW2 to design and produce his little 22lr but not much known about Weatherby prior to 1945.

 

[Bocephus123]

My bad... Reading comprehension fail on my part.

had to go back and read again also

 

[AER244]

My bad... Reading comprehension fail on my part.

I read it the same way you did the first time…

 

[dennishoddy]

There were a lot of ways to get a deferment to military service in WWII, Korean war and the Vietnam war.
If a parent was a politician, or a high-ranking member of local society, you got a deferment in some cases. The draft boards were an appointed position. They took care of the people that appointed them.
I was in college struggling to keep grades up with a job and a pregnant wife getting drafted while two of my buddies that did nothing but drink beer and party didn't. One's dad was the district judge, and the others dad was the operations manager of a large manufacturing company. They never went, continuing to party.
The days of the draft in WWII and later wars allowed farm kids, and those working in select jobs that would benefit the war effort were exempt, although a lot volunteered anyway even though exempt.

 

[Equus]

My bad... Reading comprehension fail on my part.

It happens to all of us at times

 

[okietool]

george gobel was a flight instructor stationed at tulsa during ww2. he said that no japanese fighter ever attacked tulsa while he was on duty.

He was stationed at Frederick Ok.
He’s on a great Johnny Carson clip
Talking about it.

This is long but really funny.