by | May 6, 2010 | Stories
I was never an opponent of the war except as it pertained to me going. After delaying my physical for months I had been cleared for service. And wow, they instituted the lottery and suspended additional inductions, me included. I remember watching the...
by | May 5, 2010 | Stories
I went to college at UNC in 1965 immediately following high school and thus was granted an education deferral until I approached graduation in 1969. In the spring of 1969, before I had even graduated, I was called to get a preinduction...
by | May 3, 2010 | Stories
In the fall of 1965, when I entered UNC as a freshman, I was a Goldwater conservative. I basically accepted and spouted the politics of my small-town upbringing. I joined the Young Republican Club and the Air Force ROTC at Carolina. But the anti-war spirit at Carolina...
by | May 3, 2010 | Stories
I was No. 119 in the lottery, and my best friend was No. 122. In its December 10th meeting the local draft board called numbers through 110 and announced that anyone with numbers up to about 125 should be prepared to be called by year-end. So we knew we...
by | May 3, 2010 | Stories
I was classified as I-A because I took a semester off to work. When I got back to Carolina, I was still I-A because my student deferment had not yet been reinstated. I was called up and went for a physical somewhere—I can’t remember where...
