Vietnam Draft Dodgers

Brian J. Zeiger — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:46:23 +0000

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.

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

Patty Hearst

Brian J. Zeiger — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:26:15 +0000

Patty was a newspaper heiress, who was kidnapped in 1974 by the Symbionese Liberation Army (hereinafter “SLA”). She was assaulted mentally, physically, and sexually by her captors. She was brainwashed into believing that she was part of the SLA, for which she was later diagnosed with Stockholm syndrome. In 1976 Hearst took part in a bank robbery with the SLA. At her trial she refused to name names. She was ultimately convicted of armed bank robbery and using a firearm during a felony; she was sentenced to 35 years, which was reduced to 7 years.

President Carter commuted her sentence and she was released from prison on February 1, 1979 after serving approximately 22 months in jail. On January 20, 2001, on his last day in office President Clinton granted Hearst a full pardon.

Patty Hearst - pardon me!

Federal Presidential Pardon» president carter

Vietnam Draft Dodgers

Patty Hearst