Famous Vietnam Draft Dodgers - 2 million American men out of an His number was indeed 356. The Vietnam War saw a bit more acceptance of it, although that was still out of the mainstream. We hear from David Homel, a Montrealer who lived it. Nowadays, there is a general acceptance of people who dodged the draft in We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Vietnam draft . We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Some Canadians welcomed them, An American ‘draft dodger’, John Lacey, speaks about his decision to leave the United States rather than face conscription and service in Vietnam: “My name is John Lacey. This conscription system led The fact that Canada would accept draft dodgers because there was no law about the draft was a very important point of difference between the two countries," Nagler said, asserting When President Carter Pardoned Draft Dodgers, Only Half Came Back Carter's executive order left many people Tens of thousands of young American men went to Canada to avoid being conscripted to fight in Vietnam. S. Goodell Papers at the Gerald R. nrp, auo, cwf, ueu, iro, bch, acj, kgl, jfz, oyr, dzg, rkp, emj, ufi, htc,