draft-dodging the vietnam war why were young men so against the war in vietnam and how did they...
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Motives -main reason for draft-dodging was a lack of interest in war -young Americans that war was pointless and their was no reason to be in war with Vietnam -young men did not mind being called into the services, but did not want to be sent to fronts lines of Vietnam to die for reasons they were unsure ofTRANSCRIPT
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Draft-Dodging the Vietnam War
Why were young men so against the war in Vietnam and how did
they dodge the draft?
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Anti-War Movement-anti war movement was from 1965-1971
-started on college campuses for the most part
-caught attention of America when anti-war movements were happening in some of finest universities in U.S.
-with the controversy of fighting a war their was also huge controversy with young men being recruited to Vietnam.
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Motives-main reason for draft-dodging was a lack of interest in war
-young Americans that war was pointless and their was no reason to be in war with Vietnam
-young men did not mind being called into the services, but did not want to be sent to fronts lines of Vietnam to die for reasons they were unsure of
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Methods-Draft-Dodging methods include purchasing of forged documents; ex. Air Force and National Guard papers
-Some presented themselves as homo-sexual or drug addicts
-Others would put a drop of ink in their cigarette, producing temporary patches on their lungs which they called tuberculosis
-Many simply burned their draft card
-about 16,000 men aged 19-25 migrated to Canada between the years of 1966-1972
-Some volunteered for military service before being drafted
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Conclusion
-Their was estimated 210,000 draft-dodgers
- 100,000 more received less-than-honorable military discharges from Vietnam