by | Mar 27, 2013 | Stories
We were I-S (student deferment), about to turn magically into I-A (fit for military service). It was December 1. All the TV rooms of Russell Hall were packed. I was a 19 year old junior in the chemistry department. I roomed on...
by | Mar 21, 2013 | Stories
I was taking a business law test on the night of the drawing, and we were all distracted and wanting wanting to finish and go to a T.V. where the lottery was playing. We could actually hear cheers and groans from a group watching from down the hall. For many of...
by | Mar 17, 2013 | Stories
I had a very low lottery numer, but my draft status was decided before the drawing. While a student in 1969, I neglected to fill out the forms that showed I was in good standing with UGa. One day a draft notice came to me by mail. I was dumbstruck,...
by | Mar 13, 2013 | Stories
I was at UGA during the draft lottery working on my doctorate which I received in 1971. The day after the lottery, while I was teaching a swimming class in the old UGA pool, all of my students were talking about where they stood. Two students were all "hung...
by | Mar 13, 2013 | Stories
Like all male students at a Land Grant college, I had to take the first two years of Basic ROTC courses. One fateful day, I got a letter from my "friends" at the Draft Board informing me that, since I was 1 credit shy of where I should have been in my...
by | Mar 6, 2013 | Stories
Life is about choices. Timing of those choices creates one’s personal destiny. I believe the 1969 draft lottery led to certain personal choices that greatly affected the destiny of who, what and where I am today, in 2013.I had been assigned a...