Muhammad Ali refused the draft at a Houston induction center in 1967, sparking backlash and a defining moment in the civil rights and anti-war movements.

A severe motorcycle crash helped a 19-year-old Bruce Springsteen avoid the draft and stay out of the Vietnam War.

growing-up with the Vietnam War always in the background. At 12, I watched the first televised draft lottery. At 14, my cousin sent me a hand grenade pin from basic training at Fort Dix.

Wednesday marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. The impact one Iowan had on the end to the conflict.

Many war resisters, or draft dodgers as they were often called ... “And now they want me to kill them in Vietnam.” Mr. Gayton and his wife, Judy Harris, packed their belongings and two ...

Vietnam War veteran David Snapp has mixed feelings on the 50th anniversary of the end of the war. The Orange native was an ...

and the Vietnam War and Civil Rights movements united millions across race and class and geography. Eyerman notes that the military draft, which ended in the early 1970s, made Vietnam more than ...

After graduating from Simpson in 1963, Berry was eligible for the draft. Shortly after receiving ... He was eventually deployed to serve in the Vietnam War. Once a young man from Des Moines ...