USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Millions of young men tried to evade the draft: some fled to Canada; many feigned physical or mental illness, others used family connections to gain safe positions in the National Guard.

Detailed explanation-2: -Obtaining conscientious objector status by professing insincere religious or ethical beliefs. Obtaining a student deferment, if the student wishes to attend or remain in school largely to avoid the draft. Claiming a medical or psychological problem, if the purported problem is feigned, overstated, or self-inflicted.

Detailed explanation-3: -While the reasons for being “anti-war” were mostly religious during the First and Second World Wars, in the 1960’s, the reasons given by young men who were resisting the draft included not only religious beliefs but ethical considerations as well.

Detailed explanation-4: -More than 20 percent of those drafted refused to report for duty, fleeing to the West or going into hiding to avoid the provost marshals.