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Painting by Boris Chaliapin
Formal changes to draft deferment policy during the Vietnam era came from a mix of congressional amendments to the Selective Service laws and administrative directives by the Selective Service System ...
Ending or curtailing student draft deferments in the mid-to-late 1960s removed a major legal escape valve that had been driving increased college attendance and converted academic vulnerability into p...
The 1969 draft lottery used 366 small blue plastic capsules, each containing a slip with one calendar date, which were drawn publicly to assign induction order; the capsules were displayed in a clear ...
Yes — multiple surviving records, contemporary media (film/photos) and government-published tables document the December 1, 1969 draft lottery; the Selective Service retains official pages and newspap...