When did the Vietnam War draft start?
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Oddball has a good answer, but remember that the lottery didn't start until 1970.  From 1965-1969 it was goofy system that depended on the "quota" your local board had to meet.  Draft resistance slowed after the lottery was started because people believed it to be more fair (uniform over the nation) than the "quota" system.\n\nUnder the "quota" system each Local Board had to provide a specific number of "bodies" for "selective service."  My hometown was trisected by three boards, Downey (124), East LA, and South LA.  Each had a different quota and different rules!  This meant that the same kid might be "exempted," or "deferred," or "inducted" depending on which side of the street he lived on. At least the lottery was uniform.
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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......
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Presently the United States does not have a draft. All individuals over the age of 18 are required and suppose to register. I am not sure that even that is being enforced.\n\nPrsently you are not required to enlist unless you want since the military is now an all volunteer force.\n\nWhen we did have a draft, based on your age and draft status you were issued a draft number. There were several ways to avoid the draft of which the primary one was to attend college, you had to be enrolled, your enrollment status was checked and  verified.  The other most popular was was a medical deferrement, where it ws determined that you were not medically able to perform the duties of a military person. Some medical deferrements were temporary. For the ones that had permanent medical problem you were classified 4F and undraftable.\n\nIf you did not want to be drafted you were required to attend a college for education, but your status changed if you were found not attending college as you stated, some that did not attend college but lied and said they were were, at times, placed at the head of the line and given a lower draft number ensuring that they would be drafted.\n\nSome that did not want to attend college or be drafted left the country. Most of them that left the country went to Canada. That was the chioce they made, not to be available for the draft nor attend college to eliminate being drafted. They were called draft dodgers and was subject to arrest upon returning to the United States no matter their age.\n\nIn my opinion they had a perfect out by attending college for 4 years after which they would have had a diploma. At the age you would have been by the time you got your degree around 21-22 and possibly married which you could get another deferrment for being married and having to take care of your family. Even if you were not married and you were still drafted after finishing college, with your degree you could go into the service as an officer. I fail to see the reason for being a draft dodger, except you did not want to be responsible. \n\nYou could have attended college and bettered yourself instead of leaving the country.\n\nI hope this has been of some help to you, good luck
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I was drafted for the Vietnam War.  They didn't call it a war then, they called it a "police action."   I asked, the same question, "WHY?"  \n\nI think the answer was, "Because we CAN."
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the draft is on april 29-30
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Cute_Blondie seems to have a pretty thorough answer there.  My question is do you mean the Vietnam War that the US fought in or is there another war called the Vietnamese War?
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A) Draft not needed. Takes too long, Is more problematic than positive. Military does not want it at all!!!\nb) Iran ? Not invading anybody. We have been in the region for 50 years. We will continue to build up Iraq's forces. Chill on the Apocolypse stuff.\nc) We lack the airlift or sealift to move that many if we wanted to. This is 2006 not 1944. \n\nAs for you basic consern about cutting and running? That is a reason for consern. Many don't understand. To do so would be a replay of Saigon 1975.
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I do not understand exactly what you mean, but I suspect you are asking when did large numbers of Vietnamese come to Australia. Obviously, there were probably a few people from many different countries in Australia, but this probably wouldn't require the question you ask. So, when you refer to when, I will take it you mean large numbers.\n\nAfter the Americans (and some of its allies) left Vietnam in  1975, there was no one to fight against the Communist North Vietnamese who were waging war against the South. We were fighting against the North and when we left, there was no one to help the Southerners. Eventually, financial support and training also was removed from the South, while the North was receiving all it needed from it's allies. The North was simply to strong for the South and the North won. The northerners began to kill many from the south. The Southerners took to the sea in small fragile boats to escape the bloodshed. Hundreds of thousands fled. Many of these people wound up in Australia and in the United States. \n\nThis was after 1975. Many of these people weren't automatically given citizenship, but they were still living in countries like Australia, which is just to the south of Vietnam. It took in about 300,000 Vietnamese.\n\nThis is all from my general knowledge, but here is a good site that can explain some of the events.
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It was a protest song about the Vietnam war. At that time the draft was going on and it seemed the only ones getting out of being drafted were the "well to do" and politicians sons, etc. Listen to the words and its fairly self explanatory. Good oldie song!
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There was no official start to Viet Nam war. It started back in about 1954 for the United States, that is about the time that the French pulled out. They had come to the conclusion that it was to costly and a lost cause. We sent advisers in at first. Kennedy continued with the advisers and Johnson Sent in the most troupes to actually fight the war that was about 1964 or 1965 Nixon got us out of there finally about 1973 or 1974, those are as close as I can come to dates from memory.
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War was not a smart idea, draft even worse
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Why would there need to be a draft? Heck, one of those idiot communist Democrat congressman, Dingel or Conyers, wrote a bill to reinstate the draft, and only got 2 votes in support.\n\nHaving a bunch of soft, ignorant panty-waists forced into the military harms military effectiveness. Who needs them? Look at all the soft, ignorant panty-waists that were in the military from 1969-75, who not only lost us the war, but are now all weepy and whiny about joining the military.
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There were draftees and when one received\nthe notice, they felt it was their patriotic\nduty to go.  The navy and air force benefited\nfrom volunteers as many wanted to avoid the\ndraft which usually meant front lines in the\ninfantry.  It wasn't until the Viet Nam War\nwhen attitudes toward the draft changed.
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President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all Vietnam War draft evaders. ??????????????????????????????
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125,000 Vietnamese migrated to the U.S. in 1975 and by 1980, almost 250,000 had migrated to the U.S. beginning in 1978 (The second wave of Vietnamese refugees who left after the end of the Vietnam War).
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There are many diffrent sides to this issue that are all logical and sensible. On the negative side of drafts, newly enlisted soldiers may not be as succesful and/or determined as a willing participant in the U.S. Military. Another, more important negativce would be that, if it is a long was, such as Vietnam, drafted soldiers would only sevre 1 tour. The problem with this is, if they survive this long, especially in the Vietnam example, that means they are great soldiers that have been very throughly trained and experienced, a much better soldier then a "draftee" with little to no fighting experience. This is probally one of the reasons that the Vietnam War had so many U.S. casulties. We were trading good soldiers for inexperienced soldiers. \nOn the positive side, drafting gives citizens a sense of purpose, wether directly or indirectlty. Those who are drafted are allowed to earn the freedom that they have been inherited. Also, if they want to avoid being drafted they either enlist in college, which will help them tremendously later in life; or they will join a religion that is against war. Now joining a religion to avoid something is not the ideal way to join but in order to be creditable you would have to eventually, maybe without them realizing, become more and more devout to that particular religion. This would also, inturn, create a better person out of you because, statistically speaking, those devoted to an anti-war religion are less likely to break the law or disturb the wishes of those who do and are fighting in that particular war.\n\nHope that helps.
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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.