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The Truth About the Vietnam Draft: A Class Divide
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Almost no one talks about how the Vietnam draft was rigged from the start. On December 1st, 1969, 366 blue plastic capsules were dropped into a glass jar. Each one held a birthday. Your birthday determined your fate.If your number was low, you were going to Vietnam.But here's what they didn't tell you.Rich kids didn't go.College deferments kept them safe in classrooms while poor and working-class boys were shipped to the jungle. If your family had money, you had options. If you didn't, you had a rifle. Muhammad Ali refused to go. He said, "No Viet Cong ever called me
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