I did not live through that, but I believe it was because Americans did not feel we were being directly threatened- yet were being asked to sacrifice our young. Grossly unfair, you could “defer” being drafted by being in school so a large share of those killed were poor and minorities. Jane Fonda spoke out at great personal cost against a corrupt administration as well as the war. Jane was the TRUE patriot, as opposed to other Hollywood stars that rattled swords- yet avoided military service, or got plush assignments. Reagan for example Never left Hollywood in the U. S. Army film corp and John Wayne never served in the military, unlike other heroes like…..Henry Fonda.Henry Fonda joined the Navy in 1942 at age 37, saying he didn’t “want to be in a fake war in a studio.”