was there a draft in the vietnam war?
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For more than 50 years, Selective Service and the registration requirement for America's young men have served as a backup system to provide manpower to the U.S. Armed Forces.\n\nPresident Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 which created the country's first peacetime draft and formally established the Selective Service System as an independent Federal agency.\n\nFrom 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means.\n\nIn 1973, the draft ended and the U.S. converted to an All-Volunteer military.
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Hi, originally they went to Sweden, but later in greater numbers to Canada, or (much less often) Mexico.\n\nAlso, in response to an earlier post, Sir Elton John is British so he would never have been drafted by the U.S. into the Vietnam War. :)
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Alot of info. you are wanting... Vietnam combat -yes 1965 president L.B.J. (Johnson), a democrat. Korean conflict (War) started under under Truman, a democrat (the first part of this question is unclear). Troops were pulled out of Korea in 1953 under Eisenhower. The Spanish-American war was actually the 19Th century, began in 1898 and ended about a year later. Intelligent questions deserve intelligent answers. deserving of points?
877433
Ain't gonna happen, and with good reason.  Soldiers these days are not cannon fodder --- they are highly trained specialists in the use of advanced weapons.  And you cannot recruit, let alone retain, people qualified to do this with a draft.
757818
They did use it During Vietnam.
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I used to get all fired up about this stuff too.  I understand why people care about it so much but to the day here in 2006?  I was in the military, volunteered,  proud to serve with people who were from that era and were drafted and people who have volunteered.\n\nWould you rather the man have been drafted and died in vietnam?  Same with President Bush, would you rather he had died in viet nam?\n\nThese two men did not choose to sign up to go fight in viet nam, and wether or not they dodged the draft I don't know probably,  but history put them both to a place and time when they had marvelous contributions.\n\nSo I am a vetran now,  I used to be all fired up impeach clinton draft dodger blah blah blah.\n\nNow I honestly think this is such a non issue I can't believe I've spent 45 seconds talking about it.\n\nAll the people who said he is a draft dodger did you serve? Did you volunteer? Did you go and get injured or see men die in nam?\n\nCause if not,  I really question your gripe about it.  And realistically,  if he was there with you clinton, drafted,  would it have made a difference in the outcome of any of the battles you were in or the war overall?
778067
There are rules for consciencious objection to being drafted.  Check it out.
727471
Thanks for answering the question too!!  You had me wondering what the answer was.  I knew it was the mainly the Democrats that wanted the draft before and the administration that didn't.  Wonder how it got confused?
864552
Draft dodgers?  I know of a very infamous wannabee leader of a nation who pulled all kinds of strings and family connections to avoid being sent to Vietnam.  What gets me is those so-called patriots who backed him up actually called a Vietnam veteran a traitor.  Calling glass Bushes...........come in......glass Bushes......
944229
No one will be drafted. And the war will end soon enough. At the rate of enlistment and VOLUNTEERING...there will never be a need for a draft.
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Of course we would have. President Roosevelt had started the Nation's first peacetime draft in history, starting in 1939, before the war began. Before the draft, the US had around 100,000 active duty soldiers. A year after the draft, we had over a million. By the end of the war we had over twelve million soldiers. \n   Roosevelt's massive pre-war military expansion was a precautionary measure; he could smell a storm coming, and we needed to be ready\n   Consider how world war one played out. We stayed on the sidelines and watched the Europeans kick the snot out of each other for three years. But we were not neutral. From the beginning of the war, we wanted Great Britain to win, because we knew our seas would not protect us from the world's turmoil much longer, and we needed good friends on the other side of the ocean. So even though we didn't fight until 1917, we kept sending food and war material to the Allies, which kept them in the game against Germany.  Germany realised that as long as we kept supplying their enemy, they could not win. So the Germans, out of necessity, started sinking our ships, and then, finally, we went to war, after the Germans were exhausted from endless trench warfare.  This strategy was preffered by the US, as it made winning much eaisier and less painful.\n   Back to WWII....\n   By the autumn of 1941, history was repeating itself, as we had hoped. The Germans were locked into an ugly, brutal stalemate (in USSR), that was taking a heavy toll on their military (and the USSR). We would have been content to let that play out another year or two, but inevitably, when Germany was on the ropes, we would have mobilized our Armed Forces to deliver the coup de gras.\n   When Japan launched a major strike on US soil, that did not change our ultimate decision, it just brought us into the war earlier than we had planned on. Winston Churchill cheered when we got hit, because he knew we'd have to start helping then.
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No, there is no draft, therefore they signed up of their own freewill. It does not exempt them.\n\nBanger, seriously since you asked this under law & ethics and are getting alot of yes's verus my only no- please post under military, perhaps active duty people or vets can help you better.
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During the Vietnam war many college students moved to Canada to avoid the draft.  In the unlikely event that the USA institutes the draft again, I think this will happen again. \n\nThe US government is well aware of this, but know that it very difficult to restrict the movement of Free Americans.\n\nAnyway, due to the unpopularity of the War in Iraq, I think the chances of the draft coming up again are next to zero.  Government try hard to avoid suicide.
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I was a Nam era vet who retired after Desert Storm, I worked with draftees, and I honestly believe that the military is better off without them.  Would you want your son or daughter, or your country, to depend on people who care nothing about any of them?  Draftees tend to do the bare minimum to get by, they don't care about their fellow troops or the mission, it's the volunteers, the true patriots, who get the job done.
759710
I do not think there will be a draft, but as far as who is exempt, we would never know until they actually implemented a draft.  I am sure the rules would not be the same.
653656
Having been drafted and sent to Viet Nam, I would hope and pray the this nation never will resort to drafting it's young people to go off and get slaughtered again.  If you want to join the military that's fine but you shouldn't be forced to unless it really is necessary to protect the nation.  The last time that happened was during WWII.  I believe if our politicians want to send young people off the war they should first make sure all of their relatives are the first to go into battle.  If that was the case we'd never have to use our military again.
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No to the Draft. If things get rough and personal, I guarantee you that we have plenty of brave souls who will run to enlist. They will make America proud.