by | Mar 24, 2008 | Stories
My student deferment expired in 1972. I had lottery number 93 and had received a notice to report for a physical. One day in December I was watching Walter Cronkite, and he announced that the draft was ending that month after they drafted up through number...
by | Mar 24, 2008 | Stories
The first lottery didn’t have as much visibility with me as the UNC basketball game that night to which I took an attractive freshman. Afterwards, she and I returned to my dorm where I was a resident advisor. Upon stepping off the elevator, some of my inebriated...
by | Mar 22, 2008 | Stories
I remember the lottery very well. I was a sophomore at Carolina and my older brother was serving a tour in Vietnam. The night of the draft everyone was glued to the TV. I didn’t have to watch long, for my birthdate(9-14-50) was the first number picked. I...
by | Mar 20, 2008 | Stories
My uncle was in the reserve and also worked in the civilian portion of the military as a recruiter. His MOS was that of military police. At the time, I was a light weight wrestler at Carolina. The military guy that interviewed me said that I would be...
by | Mar 19, 2008 | Stories
My lottery number was 329. I was against the war and I never had to make the difficult decision of what to do. I did give it some thought, though. If I were drafted, I would have tried to work in a medical capacity, since I was pre-med. I was extremely lucky.
by | Mar 18, 2008 | Stories
In December of 1969, when the original lottery was held, a large group of my fraternity brothers had gathered in the "T.V." room at the house. The beer was flowing. My story is pretty dull. I received a low number–– 72, I recall. I had several...
