1 December 1969: US Government Institutes Draft Lottery

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On this day in 1969, a draft lottery was held to determine the order of call to military service in

December 1969 was not a very merry Christmastime for many American families The war in Vietnam was ramping up and the draft lottery was On December 1, 1969, the nation watched as the draft for the Vietnam War was televised This

8mm t slot nuts 1969, 91-124 26 “President's Draft Lottery Approved by Congress ” CQ Almanac 1969, 25th ed , 350-55 To celebrate Ken Burns' 2017 documentary, The Vietnam War, PBS and USA Today created a Vietnam War Draft Lottery calculator