1. Conscription and the Vietnam War
... A certain number of labelled marbles were drawn randomly by hand, one at a time while Australian families watched nervously on their television screens and listened on their radios throughout the country. [ CITATION Sue97 l 3081 ] Any man who was balloted was required to perform two years of full-time military service and three years of part time duties. When this system was introduced ... as conscientious objectors. Opposition to the National Service Scheme and the war in general was increased through the exposure to terrifying images of the war presented on television screens nationwi...
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