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18.03.2020 | Commentary
Remembering the Vietnam Draft
Erschienen in: Society | Ausgabe 2/2020
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Abstract
A common conception about the Vietnam War is that working class men were drafted to fight, while young men of privilege managed to dodge their responsibility. While there is some truth to this generalization, there is also much confusion. The present essay explains the means that men from different walks of life used for avoiding the draft, keying on the advantage for those with a college background. The author's personal experience as a draftee is recounted to exemplify that when men with college deferments completed school and were drafted, their prospects included preferred job assignments in the army that kept them out of harm's way.