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Revision as of 09:21, 27 November 2016
On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service System of the United States conducted two lotteries to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from 1944 to 1950. These lotteries occurred during "the draft"—a period of conscription, controlled by the President, from just before World War II to 1973.
The lottery numbers assigned in December 1969 were used during calendar year 1970 both to call for induction and to call for physical examination, a preliminary call covering more men.
In the News
Draft lottery scatterplot.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Draft lottery (1969) @ Wikipedia