Nice story but unlikely factual. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, most (but not all) yeshiva and divinity students continued to get draft deferrals even if they had a low number in the lottery. Other deferrals for married and college students were generally eliminated. The process would NOT have occurred the way you described. His pre-induction medical checkup did NOT include a mental health assessment component with the same doctor doing the physical and if the story occurred AFTER he had been inducted, he would NOT have retained his peyos etc.
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