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Conscription A Policy That Has Torn The Nation

25 September 1999

For a past generation of young Australian men, life was a lottery that turned on a box of little wooden balls. Who was to be drafted into the army for service in Vietnam and who could stay at home depended solely on the birthdates of every 18-year-old. The lotteries sent fear through the hear.. read full story