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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (221210)2/28/2005 4:30:31 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574267
 
"10% of draft age men served in the military during Vietnam."

Interesting. I thought the percentage of troops in country who saw combat was lower...

All true. None of it relevant. Now true, the big concern over being drafted was being sent to Vietnam and to combat, but the discussion revolved around being drafted in general. In general, if you didn't have a deferment, you faced a very high probability of being drafted.