A report on the progress of President Gerald R. Ford’s Clemency Program for Vietnam-era draft resisters and deserters, this paper includes a narrative covering the genesis of the program, the Defense Department’s role, and processing activities. It continues with a series of statistical tables covering deserters’ and draft evaders’ ages, educational levels, dates of absence, absentee ages at entry into the armed forces, and so forth, and closes with copies of the original documents establishing the program. .

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Contents: Chapter I: Introduction; Chapter II: The Defense Department Role; Chapter III: Processing of Military Deserters; Chapter IV: Department of Defense Statistics; Appendices. .