by | May 6, 2008 | Stories
I think everyone remembers the lottery, especially the 1969 lottery. I think the whole Lambda Chi fraternity joined in the TV room to learn their fate. My birthday was March 15th and my number was 169. One of my closest fraternity brothers Newt...
by | May 3, 2008 | Stories
I got number 329 in the first draft lottery, so I was pretty much assured of not getting called. I revoked my education deferment and exposed myself to the draft when I started medical school in 1971. The medical draft continued to age 35, but...
by | May 1, 2008 | Stories
I learned my lottery number on my way back from Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel Hill, after a UNC basketball game. It was 225. I didn’t know quite what to make of it: it was high enough to make me think there was a chance I would not be...
by | Apr 30, 2008 | Stories
We watched the lottery at the Sigma Nu house. When my number came up I thought I would end up in Vietnam. I got on several waiting lists for reserves and National Guard. Joined the NC guard in Feb 1970. Left for basic training May 12. Before that I took all of my...
by | Apr 30, 2008 | Stories
Of course I recall the draft lottery well. My number was 232, but I was already a NROTC "contract" student at UNC at the time of the drawing. I graduated from Carolina as an Ensign in the Navy, commissioned by Admr. Elmo "Bud" Zumwalt, who had just...
