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The Vietnam War draft were two lotteries conducted by the Selective Service System of the United States on December 1, 1969, to determine the order of conscription to military service in the Vietnam War in 1970. It was the first time a lottery system had been used to select men for military service in the US since 1942, and established the ...
Proclamation 4483, also known as the Granting Pardon for Violations of the Selective Service Act, was a presidential proclamation issued by Jimmy Carter on January 21, 1977. It granted pardons to those who evaded the draft in the Vietnam War by violating the Military Selective Service Act from August 4, 1964, to March 28, 1973. [ 1 ]
In 1971, the government committed to a gradual but total withdrawal from Vietnam—following both Australian opinion and America's new policy. [18] In 1972, all troops including the advisory team were ordered home from Vietnam. Draft resisters in jail were freed. [19] The final birthday lottery was held September 22, 1972. [17]
The Selective Service System was first founded in 1917 to feed bodies into America's World War I efforts. It was disbanded in 1920, fired back up in 1940, re-formatted in 1948, and then terminated ...
Similarly, the Vietnam-era National Guard was seen by some as an avenue for avoiding combat in Vietnam, [15] although that too was less than foolproof: about 15,000 National Guardsmen were sent to Vietnam before the war began winding down. [15] Phil Ochs (1940–1976) was one of several countercultural figures to encourage draft evasion.
The Selective Service System (SSS) is an independent agency of the United States government that maintains a database of registered male (as legally defined by Executive Order 14168) U.S. citizens and other U.S. residents potentially subject to military conscription (i.e., the draft).
Congressman Alexander Pirnie (R-NY) drawing the first capsule for the Selective Service draft, Dec 1, 1969 1 December. The first draft lottery in the United States since 1942 (and the first in peacetime) was held, and September 14 was the first of the 366 days of the year selected, with Congressman Alexander Pirnie of New York making the first ...
HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam said Chinese online retailers Shein and Temu need to register with the government before the end of November or it will block their internet domains and apps from being ...