I had to laugh when I read this comment - a little history lesson for you: conscription was not used until late fall of 1944, and even then, less than enough for a division were conscripted, none of whom saw active combat. Trudeau would have been about 25 or so by then, well down the age-list of possible conscripts. So, 'the man who did his utmost' actually did nothing to avoid conscription, because he didn't have to. I'm curious if this 'Norman village' has a name.