"SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Jimi Hendrix might have stayed in the Army. He might have been sent to Vietnam. Instead, he pretended he was gay ...
In regular visits to the base psychiatrist at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in spring 1962, Hendrix complained that he was in love with one of his squad mates and that he had become addicted to masturbating, Cross writes. Finally, Capt. John Halbert recommended him for discharge, citing his "homosexual tendencies" -- four years before Arlo Guthrie suggested that path for avoiding military service in the protest song "Alice's Restaurant."
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