Editing Draft evasion (section)

====World War II====
{{Main|Selective Training and Service Act of 1940}}

According to scholar Anna Wittmann, about 72,000 young Americans applied for [[conscientious objector]] (CO) status during [[World War II]], and many of their applications were rejected.<ref name=Anna>Wittmann (2016), cited above, p.&nbsp;116.</ref> Some COs chose to serve as noncombatants in the military, others chose jail, and a third group – taking a position in between – chose to enter a specially organized domestic [[Civilian Public Service]].<ref name=Anna /><ref>Frazer, Heather T.; O'Sullivan, John (1996). ''We Have Just Begun to Not Fight: An Oral History of Conscientious Objectors in the Civilian Public Service During World War II''.  New York: Twayne Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0-8057-9134-1}}.</ref>