Topics addressed by Sussman: growing up as an average student; enrolling at Rutgers in the fall of 1963; not being aware of what was happening in Vietnam; becoming exposed to anti-war activity on campus; sympathizing with the anti-war movement, but not being active in it; experimenting with drugs; becoming more aware of the draft after graduation; looking for alternatives to the drat including joining the Navy or Air Force, or becoming a conscientious objector; getting a one-year deferment for graduate work in Germany; getting another one-year deferment for service in VISTA; being called in for his induction physical and seeking other avenues to avoid the draft; being referred to Dr. Anita Stevens, a psychiatrist, by a friend; receiving two letters from her to submit to the draft board; reporting for physical at induction center and having psych eval; feeling that the doctor making the evaluation was aware of what Dr. Stevens was doing by issuing letters and was complicit in the arrangement; failing physical exam and being discharged; his reflections on these "friendly psychiatrists" and the Army's awareness of this method of avoiding the draft. The interview was originally recorded on an audiocassette, and it cuts abruptly at a transition point at 00:44:18 before continuing.
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