If a man was drafted between 1965 and 1973 it meant that

If a man was drafted between 1965 and 1973 it meant that he may be sent to Vietnam.

Explanation:

The Vietnam War (also known as the Second Indochina War) was a military conflict between North Vietnam on the one hand and the US and South Vietnam on the other, which took place in the territories of present-day Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The conflict began on November 1, 1955 after the First Indochina war and lasted until April 30, 1975, when Saigon fell. The war came as a result of the political and military situation during the Cold War, in which communist North Vietnam sought to annex capitalist South Vietnam, which was under the political and military influence of the United States.

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