The Nation - News from Sept. 1, 1987
Rep. Jack Kemp (R-N.Y.) received a medical exemption for a shoulder injury at the peak of his pro football career with the San Diego Chargers that allowed him to continue playing while the rest of his Army Reserve unit was activated for the Berlin crisis, the Sacramento Bee reported. The newspaper said Kemp, who is seeking his party’s presidential nomination, confirmed records that the newspaper obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. But Kemp said he never asked to be excused from duty when his reserve unit was mobilized in 1961.
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