How the Vietnam War Draft Lottery Shaped a Generation by Abney

website draft lottery vietnam The draft lottery was based on birth dates There were 366 blue plastic capsules containing birth dates placed into a draft lottery 1969 The lottery for the Vietnam draft Every capsule was a day of the year and determined the order of draftees by birthday 1969

draft lottery vietnam Vietnam with drafted armies , with civilian armies After the Vietnamese lottery would defuse protest on campuses Given the popularity of such  366 blue plastic capsules contained the birthdays that would be chosen in the first Vietnam draft lottery drawing on December 1, 1969 The first  The military draft brought the war to the American home front During the Vietnam War era, between 1964 and 1973, the military drafted million American

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