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Springsteen was called up to serve in Vietnam, but failed his physical examination having suffered a concussion in a motorcycle accident when he was 17. This together with his "crazy" behavior at induction and not writing anything in tests resulted in him being disqualified from serving in uniform.

Bruce Springsteen's first car was, a 1957 Chevy Bel-Air. "In '70s New Jersey, the car was still a powerful image," Springsteen wrote in his book Songs. "That summer I bought my first set of wheels for $2,000. It was a '57 Chevy with dual, four-barrel carbs, a Hurst on the floor and orange flames spread across the hood."

In his Born to Run autobiography, Springsteen wrote about the strict discipline he received https://encyclopaediaoftrivia.blogspot.com/2018/04/bruce-springsteen.html