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Topic spans: 1965 - 2000
Seeking Sanctuary: Draft Dodgers
No one expected the Vietnam War to play out as it did. With thousands of young men fighting to the death overseas, another group of American sons fled their homeland and journeyed north to Canada. As the battle raged on and the antiwar movement divided the United States, draft dodgers and deserters struggled to forge new lives for themselves. Seeking sanctuary and the opportunity to make a difference, they changed their adopted country unquestionably. (Note: Some clips contain explicit language.)
Photo of draft dodgers by Bruno Massenet/Library and Archives Canada/PA-153762
13 television clips
8 radio clips
Americans against the draft dodger amnesty
Broadcast Date: Jan. 18, 1977
An American veteran opposes extending a pardon to draft dodgers.Americans against the draft dodger amnesty
Medium: Radio
Program: As It Happens
Broadcast Date: Jan. 18, 1977
Guest(s): Orson Swindle
Host: Alan Maitland
Interviewer: Barbara Frum
Duration: 5:48
Last updated:
June 9, 2004
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Television
10:03
March 17, 1968
During the Vietnam War, entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. speaks to U.S. draft dodgers about their experiences.
Americans against the draft dodger amnesty.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: June 9, 2004.
[Page consulted on Feb. 9, 2010.]