In article >,
says...
>
> On 2018-12-12 9:06 a.m., Janet wrote:
> > In article >,
>
> >> I suspect that most generations would rise up when duty calls - but I >
> > could be wrong.
> >
> > Vietnam proved you wrong.
> >
> > https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...trump-avoided-
> > the-draft-during-the-vietnam-war/
> >
>
> I knew a couple guys who enlisted to go to Vietnam, and they were
> Canadian. A former neighbour's son was killed over there.

Comparing the records of rejection of conscription suggests a big
shift of attitude between the generation called up to WW2, and the one
conscripted to Vietnam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_evasion#Vietnam_War

Janet UK