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FORMER UNIVERSITY OF Virginia student, Page Nelson-Saginor, received a student deferment and, unlike many thousands of young men, was not moved to burn his draft card.
THIS IS A facsimile reproduction of the Telegram Blank used by the United States Army to inform relatives of the death of a family member. There were more than 57, 000 U.S. soldiers killed in the Vietnam War.