Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 7

Here's Where It Gets Interesting by Sharon McMahon

May 18, 202646:14Education

Draft dodging. When did the draft lottery begin for the war in Vietnam, and who among America’s youth was hit the hardest? It was an unwinnable war, and thousands of high school graduates and college students refused to...

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