Draft evasion in the Vietnam War was a common practice in the United States and Australia during the conflict. Significant draft avoidance was taking place even before the United States became heavily
Five young people sitting and talking intently, Mark Satin (left), director of the Toronto Anti-Draft Programme, counseling American draft evaders, 1967
Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Sydney, 1965
Phil Ochs (1940–1976) was one of several countercultural figures to encourage draft evasion.
David Harris and "The Resistance" helped organize Stop the Draft Week in Oakland, California, October 1967.
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The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while S
Draft evasion in the Vietnam War
…States and Australia during the conflict. Significant draft avoidance was taking place even before the United States became heavily involved in the Vietnam War. The large cohort of Baby Boomers and late Silent Generationers allowed for a steep increase in the number of exemptions and deferments, especially for…
U.S. Army UH 1H Hueys insert ARVN troops at Khâm Đức, Vietnam, 12 July 1970
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