Federal Presidential Pardon» baby boomers http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com A Study of Noteworthy Presidential Pardons Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:35:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Vietnam Draft Dodgers http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com/2010/03/11/vietnam-draft-dodgers/ http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com/2010/03/11/vietnam-draft-dodgers/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:46:23 +0000 Brian J. Zeiger http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com/?p=233 Many American’s were against the Vietnam War. At the time of the draft, the baby boomers were at the center of the draft. Sentiment was that the draft was unfair because the rich and the well educated could escape the draft. Many young people left to go to Canada. The United States prosecuted people who avoided the draft.

President Ford issue conditional amnesty to draft dodgers once the war ended. In 1977, President Carter issued full amnesty to all Vietnam era draft dodgers.

According to experts at the time, some 50,000 draft dodgers remained in Canada even after Carter’s full amnesty.

Vietnam War

UH-1D Helicopter used to deploy men in the Vietnam War

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