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Mandatory Registration for the Draft Isn’t New, Contrary to Social Media Posts
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoNo U.S. military draft has taken place since 1973, during the Vietnam War. If you have a claim you...
Minnesota’s Vietnam War veterans honored half-century later
MinnPost· 15 hours agoHaugen was among a group of more than 100 military veterans hosted by the Minnesota Department of...
US House Passed Bill Automatically Registering Men 18-26 Years Old for Draft. Here's What That Means
Snopes via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOnce you turn 26, you are out of the draft. The U.S military has not used that list of names to call...
Vietnam veterans sharing their stories at 50th year commemoration at MOA
MPR News· 6 days agoCATHY WURZER: Well, a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War begins today at the...
Vietnam War veteran in Niantic shares his story for the first time
NBC Connecticut· 5 days agoThe Vietnam War was long and costly, and it called 2.7 million American men and women to duty,...
Opinion | The real reason the MAGA right is brandishing upside-down American flags
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThis Flag Day I called up experts to discuss what an upside-down flag means wand why the...
A Timeline of Trump's Vietnam War-Era Draft Deferments
Snopes· 3 days agoBoth Trump and Biden came of age during the Vietnam War era, when males 18 and older were eligible to be drafted into military service, but both obtained ...
Gen Z Fears a Military Draft Because of TikTok Misinformation
Rolling Stone· 10 hours agoFor generations, American men have been federally required to register with the Selective Service...
When troops' remains are identified from long-ago wars, it's getting harder to find family members
KPBS San Diego· 14 hours agoHalf a century later, the complex machinery assembled for that mission — cutting edge labs, teams of...
Jimmy Carter set a virtuous example as president. To today’s voters, that may not matter
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIs virtue overrated in politics? Historians address that question by comparing the legacies of two...