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Civil disobedience occurs in new york city. david miller publicly burns his draft card. >> seven young and earnest protesters burn draft cards on the steps of a boston courthouse. a group of high schoolboys set upon them with fists. >> the draft was in place from world war ii. when you turned 18 you had to register. >> in january 1965, 5,400 young men were called to the draft. in december 1965, 45,224 young men were called. this is one fact boring in on the american conscience and causing increasing concern. >> it was a compulsory draft, forced you to make a choice, vietnam against your will, ...

David miller publicly burns his draft card. >> seven burned draft cards on the steps of a boston courthouse. a group of high schoolboys set upon them with this. >> the draft was in place from world war ii. when you turned 18 you had to register. >> in january 1965, 5,400 young men were called to the draft. in december 1965, 45,224 young men were called. this is one fact on the american conscience and causing increasing concern. >> it was a compulsory draft, forced you to make a choice, vietnam against your will, jail against your will, canada against your will, no good options. >> all kinds of...

The steps of a boston courthouse. a group of high schoolboys set upon them with fists. >> the draft was in place from world war ii. when you turned 18, you had to register. >> in january 1965, 5,400 young men were called to the draft. in december 1965, 45,224 young men were called. this is one fact boring in on the american conscience and causing increasing concern. >> it was a compulsory draft, forced you to make a choice, vietnam against your will, jail against your will, canada against your will, no good options. >> all kinds of ways are found to try to beat the physical. people are known t...

>> all kinds of ways are found to try to beat the physical. people are known to mutilate themselves. >> starve themselves, declare they were homosexual when they weren't. >> there were escape hatches in terms of deferments, like deferments for college students, which means that working class young people are likely to get drafted before upper middle class. >> the war was waged in a lot of living rooms in america. it was a real generational divide because my father's generation went off and saved europe. i fully expected to have a military experience, but it was the wrong damn war. >> no more w...

Courthouse. a group of high school boys set upon them with fists. >> the draft was in place from world war ii. when you turned 18 you had to register. >> in january 1965, 5,400 young men were called to the draft. in december 1965, 45,224 young men were called. this is one fact boring in on the american conscience and causing increasing concern. >> it was a compulsory draft, forced you to make a choice, vietnam against your will, jail against your will, canada against your will, no good options. >> all kinds of ways are found to try to beat the physical. people are known to mutilate themselves....