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The end of 1969 was the first draft lottery.
Started in NY about 1969; ended about 1971.
The 3 Most Common Examples of the Military Draft in the history of the U.S.A are The Confederacy put in their draft in 1862 The Union instituted their draft in 1862 (mass riots ensued in New York and Boston) In Vietnam the military instituted a draft in early 1969
Yes, he did. He received a total of three draft deferments: one on October 19th, 1967; one on December 12th, 1968, and one on November 17th, 1969. When the guy who is always ranting about communists, socialists, Marxists and leftists had a chance to fight communism in the jungles of South Vietnam, he chose to run away to Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Missouri. What a hero!
after taking my draft physical and being 1A in 1969 with a lottery number of 16 wondering why I had not been drafted I was classified 4Y it said I could only be drafted in time of war or extreme emergency...Vietman was not a declared war...so I was not drafted...I have no idea why I was classified 4Y