<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
I always thought it could well be a I.N.S. fishing expedition (to catch unpardoned deserters and draft dodgers among others).</font>
Deserters perhaps, but Vietnam era draft dodgers were granted a blanket pardon in 1977 by Pres. Carter
cf:
http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/codific/procs/p04483.html