by | Apr 4, 2015 | Stories
I thought I was against the war (it was the popular position). When I drew lottery number 63, it seemed like Canada was in my future. But there was this girl named Judy, and I loved her, and she was not interested in Canada.Then Rocky (friend of...
by | Apr 4, 2015 | Stories
In 1969 I was a fourth year student in pharmacy school at the University of Kansas. Pharmacy school was a five year program and I was draft deferred. A friend of mine was in dental school (also deferred). He spoke highly of the advantages of being a...
by | Apr 2, 2015 | Stories
I didn’t know the 1969 lottery was announced on TV or the radio. The next day we all went to a friend’s house and got the Atlanta Jounal to search for our birthdays. When I got to the 300th birthday listed, I thought I must have missed my...
by | Mar 31, 2015 | Stories
I was an undergraduate at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, pursuing a degree in English and recently married. I had been opposed to the Vietnam War since 1965 and had participated in protests at KU. When I heard about the proposed lottery, I told my wife...
by | Mar 27, 2015 | Stories
I enrolled at Kansas University in the fall of 1966 from a small town in southwest Kansas. The Viet Nam war was on and there were occasional protests on campus in the late 60s. On the day the lottery numbers were announced, all of us in the Sigma Nu...
