by | Jun 20, 2014 | Stories
For 45 years I have been haunted by the fact that if I had been born less than four hours earlier my lottery number would have been 359 and, most certainly, my life would have been very different. Standing on the steps of a college dorm on that evening in December,...
by | Jun 17, 2014 | Stories
Prior to the draft lottery, I had received a notice from Selective Service to report for my Armed Forces physical the day after college graduation. I figured that if I was going to be drafted, I would explore volunteering so that I’d have some say in what I...
by | Jun 4, 2014 | Stories
The night of the 1969 draft lottery, I was a junior at the University of Georgia. I was a junior college transfer. We were gathered around the TV in the fraternity house. I thought I had missed my number as it was getting towards the end. I then heard my birthday and...
by | May 12, 2014 | Stories
I watched the lottery on TV with my fraternity. As our birthdates were selected we left for the bar, some out of depression and some out of joy.I spent the following 3 years staying in school. After graduation I spent the next 6 months appealing my...
by | May 10, 2014 | Stories
I remember the draft well. Pass all your classes, you keep a II-S deferment. Fail one class, I-A! One of my friends failed his English term paper because of run-on sentences and fragments. (Today your computer would catch those errors). He failed the class, was...
