LBJ (vvmf.org).
When there weren’t enough volunteers to meet the needs of the military, the Selective Service System (the draft) was used to cover the shortfall. After WWII, the U.S. maintained a “peacetime” draft, so the draft already was in place as the U.S. deepened its involvement in Vietnam. In 1965, President Johnson doubled monthly draft calls to 35,000.
[LBJ](https://www.vvmf.org/topics/The-Draft/#:~:text=When%20there%20weren%E2%80%99t%20enough%20volunteers%20to%20meet%20the,President%20Johnson%20doubled%20monthly%20draft%20calls%20to%2035%2C000.).
>When there weren’t enough volunteers to meet the needs of the military, the Selective Service System (the draft) was used to cover the shortfall. After WWII, the U.S. maintained a “peacetime” draft, so the draft already was in place as the U.S. deepened its involvement in Vietnam. In 1965, President Johnson doubled monthly draft calls to 35,000.
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