Vietnam War draft
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The Vietnam War Draft was a military draft implemented under the Selective Service System, drafting over 1.7 million men to serve in the Vietnam War. During the peacetime years before the Vietnam War,
A Vietnam War-era draft card. Retention of the card was legally required.
Representative Alexander Pirnie (R-NY) drawing the first number
The 1972 draft lottery being conducted by Curtis W. Tarr
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
Vietnam War draft
…to overcome this sequencing". The draft lottery had social and economic consequences because it generated further resistance to military service. Those who resisted were generally young, well-educated, healthy men. Reluctance to serve in Vietnam led many young men to try to join the National Guard, state-based…
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.