Students+whom+went+to+War

Although many young men found the War to be a worthless cause, there were still many students who supported the War. Many of them felt that they had to serve to help their nation fight communism as well as to help the Vietnamese fight communism from taking over. There were even high school students who lied about their age to join the conflict. Many of these kids thought that the Vietnam War was a chance for them to fight in a war as well as a chance for them to escape the poverty that resided among them. The Vietnam War was a poor person’s conflict as the rich and prominent were able to evade the draft while the poor had no choice but to fight. The song ** __Fortunate Son__ ** was written by the Creedence Clearwater Revival which explained the situation of those who were drafted and how they were not fortunate to evade the draft. Out of those who were drafted, many of the soldiers were Anti-War protesters who were against the War. Those students and protesters had to fight in the very war in which they were against. The Vietnam War was another instance that the rich and prominent were still controlling society in America. This was one of the things in which the hippie and Counter-Culture Movement were trying eliminate.
 * __ Victims of the Draft  __**



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