[conservatism_IS_compassion]

There was a draft prior, during and just after Vietnam

Perhaps under some definition of "after Vietnam", but I'm confident that when Nixon discontinued the draft our troops were still engaged.

[leadpenny]

Your right, if you look at the explanation for the fourth lottery, they didn't even call anyone. So, in effect, there were three lotteries for the Vietnam period.

However, I was a BCT Company Commander in 73 and my first cycle of troops had some of the last draftees. After that it was all VOLAR.