USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Deserters. An estimated one thousand deserters fled to Canada to avoid more service in the Vietnam War. The United States government have not pardoned them and they may still face pro forma arrest if they return to the United States, as the case of Allen Abney demonstrated in March 2006.

Detailed explanation-2: -A draft dodger is someone who avoids joining the armed forces when normally they would have to join.

Detailed explanation-3: -Between 1964 and 1975, an estimated 40, 000 such war resisters crossed the border. In Canada, draft dodgers were simply classified as immigrants, a part of the 250, 000 or so Americans who emigrated during those years. Some brought their families.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.