draft card
Military service document
A draft card is a document issued to men registered for military conscription, serving as proof of registration.
In the United States, the Selective Service System requires men to register at age eighteen.
During the Vietnam War, burning one's draft card became a prominent act of protest against compulsory military service.
U.S. conscription registry agency
- inductionFormal admission process
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- call-upOrder to serve
- military serviceDuty in armed forces
enlistment · physical examination · classification · lottery number · service number · exemption · age limit · activation
Combustion in progress
- Vietnam WarCold-era Indochina military engagement
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
- conscientious objectorOne refusing military service morally
defiance · activism · pacifism · antiwar movement · Canada · amnesty · fugitive · evasion
First global military conflict
- World War IISecond global military conflict
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
- 1970sFourth decade, twentieth century
lottery · baby boomers · Greatest Generation · home front · wartime · military history · artifact · memorabilia
Identity document abbreviation
- walletSmall case for currency
- laminatedBonded between protective layers
- serial numberUnique alphanumeric product identifier
- issue dateWhen something was released
personal information · proof · official document · verification · records · file · paperwork · duplicate
Selective Service
U.S. conscription registry agency
- inductionFormal admission process
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- call-upOrder to serve
military service · enlistment · physical examination · classification · lottery number · service number · exemption · age limit · activation · local board
burning
Combustion in progress
- Vietnam WarCold-era Indochina military engagement
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
conscientious objector · defiance · activism · pacifism · antiwar movement · Canada · amnesty · fugitive · evasion · noncompliance
World War I
First global military conflict
- World War IISecond global military conflict
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
1970s · lottery · baby boomers · Greatest Generation · home front · wartime · military history · artifact · memorabilia · archive
ID
Identity document abbreviation
- walletSmall case for currency
- laminatedBonded between protective layers
- serial numberUnique alphanumeric product identifier
issue date · personal information · proof · official document · verification · records · file · paperwork · duplicate · replacement
- historical recordsdiary, census record, annual reviews, letter, government records
- conscriptionconscription, conscript, conscripts, draftees, compulsory service
- countercultureflower power, flower children, free love, hippie communes, Summer of Love
- military enlistmentenlistment, recruit, enlisted, induction, recruits
- draft defermentsmilitary exemption, medical exemption, religious exemption, conscientious objector, conscientious objection
- official documentsbirth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, passport, driver's license
draft cardexemption
Release from requirement
deferment · draft exemption · freedom · discharge papers · medical discharge