Oh, I don't think you're trying to belittle its impact, but what's interesting is that you've very eloquently described much of what the draft was. Of course there were some middle class grunts -- and even some college grads -- but the average draftee in Vietnam was 19 years old, likely a minority member with a high school diploma or less. (I remember those stats -- wish I could cite specifically where from)

If there ever is a draft again (and I hope there never will be), we need to do it a lot better.