Oliver Hall, 10th Floor, had a TV in the common area lobby. Everybody
gathered to watch the lottery as it was broadcast live. As numbers came
out, there were groans and cheers. I drew number 195, reasonably safe, but it
was irrelevant to me because I had a I-D deferment, due to being enrolled in ROTC. So I
planned to be in the army anyway. Most everybody else had a II-S deferment, meaning they had
to stay in school or face the draft.
A friend of mine said that if Nixon ended the draft he would vote for him
for reelection. Nixon ended the draft not too much later. I asked my friend if
he had kept his pledge to vote for Nixon’s reelection, and he told me he
remembered making the pledge but he just couldn’t do it.
for reelection. Nixon ended the draft not too much later. I asked my friend if
he had kept his pledge to vote for Nixon’s reelection, and he told me he
remembered making the pledge but he just couldn’t do it.