Time travelers come back to 1969 Berkeley to help Tom, a Vietnam draft dodger.
They want to be heroes. They think war brings glory and makes them men. I think they’re crazy. Our society up then thinks they’re crazier than your society thinks you are.

Variants

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  1. “Draft Dodger’s Rag” by Jeff Hecht, in Analog, March 2004.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jeff Hecht