Elsewhere there's the question of the number of draft dodgers--Wikipedia offers different vague estimates in different places, but this site has:
For its part, the U.S. government continued to prosecute draft evaders after the Vietnam War ended. A total of 209,517 men were formally accused of violating draft laws, while government officials estimate another 360,000 were never formally accused.
That sounds so specific it must be based on some official document; unfortunately they don't provide any sources.
It's a reminder to me of how fragile is the base of "facts" for our received version of history.
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