A need for more manpower upon America’s deeper involvement in the Vietnam war in 1965, made President Johnson bring in conscription. Now young men who were not considering military service ...

The first deputy ministerial-level political consultation between Vietnam and the Netherlands was held in The Hague, the ...

An anti-Vietnam War activist burning his draft card, 1970. | Owen Franken - Corbis/GettyImages. It’s difficult to blame Baby Boomers for their attempts to avoid the lottery draft of 1969.Early ...

Several hundred thousand evaded it altogether, and draft card burnings occurred nationwide. The system was finally abolished in 1973, with registration ending in 1975.

I wrote and distributed leaflets, marched, rioted, burned my draft card and went to jail. The war in Vietnam, which the Vietnamese call “the American war” — to distinguish it from the wars ...

National Vietnam War Veterans Day was signed into law by U.S. President Donald J. Trump in 2017, designating every March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day. About 5.4 million Vietnam veterans ...