By James Esposito The Draft for the Vietnam War was Immoral Many Americans were burning their draft cards and protesting against the war which hadnt been very popular in American history to this point ID: 270831
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The Vietnam War Draft
By: James EspositoSlide2
The Draft for the Vietnam War was Immoral
Many Americans were burning their draft cards and protesting against the war, which hadn’t been very popular in American history to this pointSlide3
Americans Being Drafted
There were 1,728,344 Americans
drafted.
1 out of every 3 U.S soldiers in the war were draftees
The average age of a draftee in the war was 19 years old Slide4
Amount of Draftees in Vietnam
648,500 of all the soldiers who served in war were
drafted
This was actually much less than there were in WWII, but it was the first time of serious protesting over the draft Slide5
Draft Dodgers
210,000 Americans dodged the draft
30,000 fled to
Canada
Many people made up lies to get out of the war by claiming things such as homosexuality, poor eyesight, asthma, epilepsySlide6
America’s Opinion on the War
At the beginning of the war 61% of America approved of the war
By the end only 28% of America approved of the
war
A lot of this likely had to do with the draftSlide7
Presidents involved in the war
Lyndon B. Johnson started sending troops over to Vietnam, and also started the draft
Nixon’s plan was to slowly decrease U.S.’s involvement, so he kept the draft going until almost the end of his presidency
Gerald Ford did not
reinstate the draft and he ended U.S. involvement Slide8
Draft Timeline
The Vietnam Draft was first held on December 1, 1969, four years after the start of the war
It was the first time it was used since 1942 in WWII
The Vietnam Draft ended in 1973, 2 years before the end of the war.Slide9
Quote on Vietnam War
“The Vietnam War was arguably the most traumatic experience for the United States in the twentieth century. That is indeed a grim distinction in a span that included two world wars, the assassinations of two presidents and the resignation of another, the Great Depression, the Cold War, racial unrest, and the drug and crime waves.”
-M. GOLDSTEIN, intro,
The Vietnam WarSlide10
Quote
on Drafts
“We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.” -Lyndon Johnson, Oct. 1964Slide11
Quote from Draftee
“I
remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam.
-Parker Stevenson”Slide12
Quote from Draft Resister
I was part of the draft resistance movement in LA where we did demonstrations at the draft centre and burned our cards and made a lot of trouble on campus
.
–Cheech Marin Slide13
Paraphrased Opinion on Drafts
Jesse Ventura believes that our military should be smaller but comprised of professionals, instead of having a lot of drafted soldiers.Slide14
Paraphrased Opinion of Drafts
Joe Bob Briggs believed that the concept of the draft was something that a third world country run by a tyrant would installSlide15
Paraphrased Opinion of War
Bertrand
Russel
stated that wars do not determine who is right, but who is left. Therefore the more soldiers you have, the better chance you have of being declared correct, even if you aren’tSlide16
Paraphrased Opinion on War
David Friedman believes that violence is only the answer to children and large nations. Which means that staring a war is an immature thing to doSlide17
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