Male college students were concerned about maintaining a 2.0 academic average and carrying 18 units of semester hours, other wise they faced being drafted into military service. By maintaining the above, they retained a "college deferment."
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they felt that it was important for the united states to win because of communisim and they wanted all of it gone.
College students and physically unfit men.
College students and mentally/physically unfit men are usually deferred from military service.
i feel like it does it isn't right> :(
In general many of the protestors during the Vietnam Era were college students and other young people. Perhaps the most significant protest took place at Kent State University where National Guard troops opened fire and killed four college students. Protest of the Vietnam War was popularized and made an icon by various musicians such as Creedence Clearwater Revival's anthem "Fortunate Son". Much discontent was created by the fact that many wealthier Americans were not drafted into service and avoided the war by going to college or even moving to Canada.
College students in general were the primary anti-draft (anti-war) protesters; Berkley University in the San Francisco Bay Area was prime headquarters for the anti-draft movement. A movement which supported the enemy of the US grunt.