by | Feb 14, 2008 | Stories
At the time of the draft, I was a senior at UNC and planning to get married and go to graduate school after graduation. I had mixed emotions about the war, but would have served if I had been unlucky with the lottery. My friends and I were all sweating the...
by | Feb 11, 2008 | Stories
I graduated from high school in 1966 at the age of 16. Entered UNC that fall and flunked out by the following autumn. After two years of junior college during which I held a 1A draft status, I was in the first lottery in the fall of 1969 while at Western...
by | Feb 7, 2008 | Stories
I was going to go. Although I couldn’t see myself actually using a rifle. My father was an Army paratrooper during the Korean War and had a career in the Air Force afterward. He met my mom in 1951 – in Japan. My mother was...
by | Feb 5, 2008 | Stories
My initial experience with the Selective Service dates to May 1966 when I registered shortly after turning 18. New York, where I lived at the time, provided a strong motive for getting a draft card: it was one of the best ways to prove...
by | Feb 3, 2008 | Stories
On the night of the lottery, we gathered in front of the TV at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house on Cameron Avenue. We had all chipped in for a "fifth" of whiskey and had set it on top of the television set; it was to be awarded to the first person...
by | Jan 31, 2008 | Stories
I was a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill when the first draft was held. I was already classified 4-F due to a football injury in high school. My birthday (November 5) was #310 in the draft, so I was exempt from the draft for two reasons. I don’t...
