...600,000 Men who dodged Vietnam? In WW2, 373,000 dodge out of 10.1 Million
Response: The Justice Department investigates 373,000 alleged evaders and obtains convictions of 16,000. Some 72,000 registrants apply for CO status, 25,000 of whom enter the army as noncombatants, 12,000 enter civilian work camps, 20,000 have their claims rejected, and 6,000 are imprisoned (most of whom are Jehovah’s Witnesses.) In both world wars, inductees exempted as COs is about .15%.
In Vietnam 600,000 Dodge out of 2 Million appox
Opposition mounts with rising draft calls and casualty rates. By the late 1960s, a strong anti-war coalition of students, pacifists, clergy, civil rights and feminist activists, and various other groups regularly engage in demonstrations, draft-card burnings, sit-ins at induction centers, and break-ins at local draft boards. Between 1965-1975, about 570,000 young men illegally evade the draft: 360,000 are never caught; between 30,000-50,000 flee to Canada, Britain, and Sweden; 198,000 have their cases dismissed; 22,500 are indicted; 8,800 are convicted; and 4,000 go to prison. CO exemptions in relation to actual inductions grow from 8% in 1967 to 43% in 1971 and 131% by 1972. Between 1965 and 1970, 170,000 registrants are classified as COs.
Response: The Justice Department investigates 373,000 alleged evaders and obtains convictions of 16,000. Some 72,000 registrants apply for CO status, 25,000 of whom enter the army as noncombatants, 12,000 enter civilian work camps, 20,000 have their claims rejected, and 6,000 are imprisoned (most of whom are Jehovah’s Witnesses.) In both world wars, inductees exempted as COs is about .15%.
In Vietnam 600,000 Dodge out of 2 Million appox
Opposition mounts with rising draft calls and casualty rates. By the late 1960s, a strong anti-war coalition of students, pacifists, clergy, civil rights and feminist activists, and various other groups regularly engage in demonstrations, draft-card burnings, sit-ins at induction centers, and break-ins at local draft boards. Between 1965-1975, about 570,000 young men illegally evade the draft: 360,000 are never caught; between 30,000-50,000 flee to Canada, Britain, and Sweden; 198,000 have their cases dismissed; 22,500 are indicted; 8,800 are convicted; and 4,000 go to prison. CO exemptions in relation to actual inductions grow from 8% in 1967 to 43% in 1971 and 131% by 1972. Between 1965 and 1970, 170,000 registrants are classified as COs.