by | Jul 30, 2015 | Stories
I thought I was just lucky but after I watched the lottery at my parents’ house everything changed. My birthdate of September 14 was drawn first. I went in the Army and after basic I was told I would drive a Tracker Trailer in Vietnam. I was assigned...
by | Jul 23, 2015 | Stories
In 1970, I was living in Naismith Hall on the top floor with other KU graduate students. I was already enrolled in the NROTC program, so I was not going to be drafted no matter what my lottery number turned out to be. It was 104. I did not even know...
by | Jul 10, 2015 | Stories
I was at Sterling College when the first lottery was drawn that affected me. I remember that we were all in the basement TV room. As the early dates were drawn, if it was a birthdate of one of guys in the room they just got up went to their...
by | Jun 3, 2015 | Stories
I was drafted on March 18, 1971, two weeks before I graduated from high school. I was 18. I went to the recruiter office in Portland Oregon and asked if they could wait until I graduated before I went to get killed. They said yes. But then my brother-in-law who had...
by | Jun 1, 2015 | Stories
I graduated from High School in 1967. After graduation I registered for the draft and qualified for a college student deferment. I kept up my student deferment through the first 2 years of Community College and then transferred to the University of South Florida. I...
