by | Oct 29, 2022 | Stories
Well, what can I say? I got 296. Since the highest it went in 1970 was 195, I lucked-out. But, it got two thirds of the way to my supposedly great number. I didn’t rely on luck. I did a foreign studies program in Canada. Just to hedge my bets. My old man got...
by | Jun 7, 2022 | Stories
I was a senior at Duke University, already accepted to medical school when the draft occurred. We had 100 residents in my dorm who contributed $1 each for the lottery, with the lowest (first) birthday number drawn winning. I won the $100, and the next day went to the...
by | Mar 24, 2022 | Stories
We three brothers were watching the lottery on TV in our family room in Dallas. I was the oldest, then Danny and Ronnie. Danny got # 11 and Ron and I teased him. I got # 31. Ron teased me. Over an hour later Ron got # 342. He told us I am never going! Danny joined the...
by | Mar 24, 2022 | Stories
I was a senior at the Y, in Provo, Utah, married, with one child. When I lost my 2-S deferment, by aging out, I had to do the Draft physical, which I passed, and I got notice that I could expect to be drafted very soon, based on age. When the induction notice came, I...
by | Oct 10, 2021 | Stories
I can remember the dorm room #107 I was sitting in at Winona State College my Freshman year with 2 guys I went to high school with and my room mate from Wisconsin. We were all listening to the lottery numbers called for each of our birthdays. My high school friend had...
