Military conscription of people with disabilities has occurred on various occasions historically.

Cases

Below are listed known cases of the drafting of disabled persons. * In Japan during the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Thea ...

, more than 480 people with intellectual disabilities were conscripted. * In the United States during the Vietnam War, there was a disability draft under the Johnson Administration, called Project 100,000. Men who had previously been rejected from military service due to physical or mental disabilities were re-classified and sent to the frontlines in Vietnam. * In North Korea: The conscription physical examination has eased the criteria for military service suitability due to low height, and even

short stature Short stature refers to a height of a human which is below typical. Whether a person is considered short depends on the context. Because of the lack of preciseness, there is often disagreement about the degree of shortness that should be called ' ...

persons (mostly 140 to 150 centimeters. 142 centimeters, 145 centimeters. etc.) are conscripted. The criteria for exemption from conscription for short people were 138 centimeters or less, and there were times when the criteria for conscription exemption for short people were not applied.

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