Kevin Cronin
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2,143 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 21 Jan
Kevin Cronin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Did he talk about that stuff at home or... Well, he never did until he got to be about...
like, into his 80s, into his late 80s.
And I was taking him to the VA because I'm like, Dad, you know... Well, first of all, my dad sent me a clipping from the Chicago Tribune
that basically got me out of going to Vietnam.
If I wouldn't have seen this little article, because the draft numbers had happened.
With the lottery.
And if you got a low number, see you later.
I got number like 86, so I'm like...
I'm screwed.
What am I going to do?
Do I go to Canada?
I'm not going to go to Vietnam."
My dad sends me a clipping from the Metro section of the Chicago Tribune, this big, saying, young men born between October 1st and December 31st of 1951 are exempt from the draft.
I would have never seen that.
I would have gone to Canada... Was there a reason for that?
You know, my guess is that maybe they had enough guys already through the lottery.
Billy, I don't know.
It doesn't make sense.
My dad's theory was there were some Chicago politicians who had kids.
Yeah, no, my dad was always very reserved.
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