USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On Jan. 27, 1973, with the Paris Peace Accords signed and U.S. involvement in Vietnam over, Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird announced the end of the military draft, after 25 uninterrupted years of conscription.

Detailed explanation-2: -President Nixon announces the cancellation of the draft calls for November and December. He reduced the draft call by 50, 000 (32, 000 in November and 18, 000 in December).

Detailed explanation-3: -The last draft call was on December 7, 1972, and the authority to induct expired on June 30, 1973. The date of the last drawing for the lottery was on March 12, 1975. Registration with the Selective Service System was suspended on April 1, 1975, and registrant processing was suspended on January 27, 1976.

Detailed explanation-4: -President Nixon signs the amendment to the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 on November 26, 1969. On November 26, 1969, President Nixon signed an amendment to the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 that began the random selection or “draft lottery” for military conscription.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nixon announces no more draftees would be sent to Vietnam, June 28, 1972. Nixon saw ending the draft as an effective political means to undermine the anti-Vietnam war movement. On this day in 1972, President Richard M.