by | Aug 31, 2009 | Stories
My number was 324 but the lottery was a non-event for me. I left home for NC State planning to enroll in ROTC and to become an officer in military aviation. My uncle was a Tuskeegee Airman and this was my dream from early...
by | Aug 31, 2009 | Stories
I recall the significance of that night. I was watching in my fraternity house at North Carolina State. There was a strange irony after the lottery was over that many of us were drinking beer, some because they were celebrating in relief and the others to...
by | Aug 26, 2009 | Stories
I was already in medical school at the time of the draft lottery, having entered in the fall of 1968. There was a special "Doctor Draft" that drafted all doctors after one year of internship into the military as General Medical Officers. Introduction...
by | Aug 26, 2009 | Stories
I had applied for and was granted a classification 1-A-0 which was a concientious objector opposed to taking human life, but not opposed to a Nation’s right to raise up an Army. Three funny things happened: the Marines wanted me, but they couldn’t accept a...
by | Aug 24, 2009 | Stories
I tell people that I’ve only won two things in my life: a Lionel train set during 7th grade and the 1969 draft lottery. I was a senior at NC State on selection night in 1969, studying with the radio tuned into the lottery. When September 14th, my...
