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The draft has expiration dates. It expired and Nixon renewed it until he could pull out the remaining US troops.

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Nixon didn't end the draft, he asked for and received and extension on the military draft until we got our men out of Vietnam, which was by '73.

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What was the date of the end of the vetiam draft?

Nixon kept the draft in effect until the main body of US fighting men were withdrawn from the war in 1973.


What US President abolished the draft?

Although officially ending during Nixon's administration, Nixon requested and received an extension of the draft. During President Ford's administration there was NO DRAFT.The president didn't stop the draft; it expired under the Nixon administration. Nixon actually requested an extension for the draft.


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The end of 1969 was the first draft lottery.


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How did conscription end 1962?

The draft had been operating before the Vietnam War; Elvis Presley was drafted into the US Army in 1958, serving on an M-48 Patton tank (the same tank used in the Vietnam War). He served in Europe, assigned to the 1/32 Armor (tank battalion): See film; "GI Blues", starring Elvis Presley. The draft ended in the US in 1973, the same year the US pulled out of Vietnam.


What year of this centrury did the US switch from a military draft system to an all volunteer force?

Probably 1973, Nixon requested and received an extension from congress, as the draft was expiring in about 1971. The request was justified on account of US troops still in Vietnam.


What was there about Vietnam which leads to such widespread disillusion?

The military draft, and no end to it (no end to the war & no end to the draft).


What year did the draft start and end?

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Did Nixon oversee the troop withdrawal from Vietnam?

No he didn’t withdraw troops. In fact in 1968 the draft of 18 year old men was the largest in American history. He expanded the war and Nixon added to the war with the invasion of Cambodia.