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How did the various branches of the armed services handle Vietnam War Draftees that CLEARLY did not want anything to do with the war, basic training, etc.?

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Exactly how much of the South's roots in general racism and things like Jim Crow laws contribute to it being so much more behind economically than that of say the Mid-Atlantic and North East of the US?

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Under what (realistic) circumstances would the draft be used again in the United States?

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How did the various branches of the armed services handle Vietnam War Draftees that CLEARLY did not want anything to do with the war, basic training, etc.?	725
Exactly how much of the South's roots in general racism and things like Jim Crow laws contribute to it being so much more behind economically than that of say the Mid-Atlantic and North East of the US?	4
Under what (realistic) circumstances would the draft be used again in the United States?	1