Vietnam War: Draft Resistance

Kushal Dandamudi, Stanley Wei, and Rohan Skaria Junior Division Group Website http://87924701.nhd.weebly.com

For our NHD project, we had a broad idea to do our project about something revolving around war. As we looked at many websites and books we decided that we should do a project about the Vietnam War. After a while we had to narrow the topic down and after researching a little bit more we had decided that the draft protests would be the best narrowed down topic. The three of us decided that this was an excellent subject to learn about so we decided to extend our knowledge about it. After we did a bit of research we all agreed that this was the topic that we wanted to do for our NHD presentation. We started off our research by going to the library and getting a few books to get some basic knowledge about our topic. After we had general idea of how the draft resistance was like during the Vietnam War we decided to go more in depth and find more information about our topic by looking for reliable websites online. We also looked through pictures and videos that were taken at the time of the war to see what soldiers had been through to understand what the draft resistors were trying to avoid. Through all these sources and an interview we received information to put on our website and cited the ones that were actually used to help us with our research and create our website. After discussing our ideas, our group decided that it would be best to do our project on a website. We knew that it would require a bit of work and devotion, but we were all prepared to take the challenge. Starting the project was quite simple; all we had to do was start a website from nhd.weebly.com. Next, all three of us discussed the home page and what would go on it. Later, we all agreed that we would create the rest of the pages as we researched along the way. At the end, we finished the website, nice and professional. Our project this year, Vietnam War: Draft Resistance relates to this year's theme because of

the amnesty that President Carter gave in 1977 on his first day in office. The amnesty gave all of the people who had fled to another country to evade the draft the right to return to the USA. about half a million people return but only 209,517 people were accused of offending and about 360,000 people were never accused. Once the evaders come back they have the responsibility that they must join the military if the draft starts again and to follow any other laws set forth by the US government.

Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources "An interview with a Vietnam draft resister 35 years later." an interview with a Vietnam draft resister 35 years later. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. This interview was important because it showed how a real draft resister faced the draft. This was common among most draft resistors. AP/Wide World. Vietnam War protesters. April 1967. New York. World Book Advanced. Web. 11 Nov. 2013. This photo helped us in our project because it shows us how the people protested. It also helped us because it allows us to show you the great amount of people that protested and the signs that they made. This photo was taken in the United Nations Plaza in New York on April 1967. "Bill Clinton, Draft Dodging & the ROTC." Bill Clinton & the ROTC. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. This firsthand account helped us in our research, since it showed us how one personparticularly Bill Clinton, narrowly avoided being drafted. It also shows his opinions on how the draft is unfair, since the government cant just select people to fight and risk their lives. Getty, Hulton. Helicopters transport troops in Vietnam War. 1957-1975. Vietnam. World Book Advanced. Web. 11 Nov. 2013. This photo, taken in Vietnam sometime between 1957 and 1975, shows US Marines in the war. Even though this wasnt part of the research, we still used it to show how the drafted soldiers fought in the war. This makes it stand out in our website.

Gregory, Jim. "April 28, 1971 (no volume number)." Civil Rights & Labor History. N.p., 28 Apr. 1971. Web. 31 Dec. 2013. This picture of a newspaper article in 1971 helped us see how the US citizens revolted against the government. It also gave us a general idea about how the citizens felt about the unfair draft,

"Muhammad Ali on the Vietnam War-Draft." YouTube. YouTube, 20 Feb. 2011. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. This video is very important to our research because it improved our site. It added info that is vital to our website.

Peace Corps Online. Peacecorpsonline.org. 2 Oct. 2004. Web. 11 Nov. 2013. This photo shows a group of people protesting against the Vietnam War. This shows that the people want to end the war in Vietnam, which means they also didnt want to be drafted. At that time, there were some people who wanted to resist the war draft and some who wanted to support the draft and those who were drafted.

"The Anti-War Movement in the United States." The Anti-War Movement in the United States. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. This photo helped us in our research by showing the great amount of people that resisted and protested against the military draft. It shows 250,000 people gathered together to create the biggest protest during the Vietnam War time period.

Secondary Sources "1961-1973: GI resistance in the Vietnam war." libcom.org. N.p., 2009-2012. Web. 27 Oct. 2013. This website provided us with information about many different draft protests that had a big impact on the road to change the draft. This website also had information about how soldier at war felt and how the protesters did as well.

Flynn, George Q. The Draft, 19401973. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1993 book tells us how people resisted the draft and fought for their rights.

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Gilbert, Marc Jason. "Vietnam War." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2013. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. This encyclopedia source gave us background information about the war when the resistance against the draft occurred. It also gave us pieces of information on the draft resistance in the United States.

Gottlieb, Sherry Gershon. Hell no, we won't go!: resisting the draft during the Vietnam War. New York, N.Y.: Viking, 1991. Print. This was a vital book that we used in our research. It helped expand our knowledge about the resistance by thepeople who fought for their rights.

MacFarlane, Philip J. "conscription." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. This database resource helped us in our project by giving background information on conscriptions. It gives a general description of it, so we can use it to relate it to the

Vietnam War draft resistance for the United States.

Mackey, Robert R. "Draft, Military." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2013. Web. 11 Nov. 2013. This encyclopedia article on military drafts was helpful to us because it gave us background information about military drafts in general. It gives examples of military drafts throughout history, such as World War I and the Vietnam War. It also talks about conscription, which is another word that is similar to military drafting.

"Northwest Antiwar History: Chapter 4."Antiwar History: Vietnam. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2014. This website was very important in our research because it helped us learn about the resistance. It also told us/ gave us the most information.

"The Anti-War Movement in the United States." The Anti-War Movement in the United States. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. This source was used less than the other sources but it is important because our group got some good information out of it.

"Vietnam War Protests Video."History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2014. This video is important because it helped us gain more insight on this topic because it told us exactly what occurred during this period of time.

"Vietnam War: Draft Resistance." Vietnam: Draft Resistance. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2013. This source provided us with information about draft resistance in many different places and

where it was stronger and where it was weaker. This website also had information about other anti-draft movements, so we were able to see if the Vietnam War draft resistance was normal for a war, less, or even more.

Vietnam & After. Vietnam & After. N.p., 8 Nov. 2007. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. This article tells us that many Blacks were being treated unfairly, but due to media being silent about this topic, it was never really noticed. There were definitely way more African Americans than Whites. Many people decided to start a riot until they got what they wanted, a choice.

Vietnam: the Working-Class War. Vietnam: the Working-Class War. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. This source showed us how the drafting rights affected the nation. It showed us how the people of our country stood up to our government and earned their rights for choosing to fight in the war. This website proves to us that rich people were allowed to choose if they wanted to fight, but the lower class people were not given a choice.