Not Fit for the Army
Bruce graduated in 1967 but felt like such an outsider that he didn’t even go to the graduation ceremony. He briefly went to Ocean County College but dropped out soon after he started. By the time that he was 18, he was called for conscription to the US Army to serve in the Vietnam War. But he didn’t pass the physical examination.
The Castiles. Source: Pinterest
Why? Because a year earlier, when he was 17, he suffered a concussion in a motorcycle accident. So that, together with his “crazy” behavior at the induction, made him unacceptable for service. He was given a classification of 4F (unfit for military service). But his accident and conduct wasn’t going to get in the way of his music. Springsteen knew that making music was his calling.