by | May 21, 2013 | Stories
The Phi Deltas had a pool for the draft lottery. Number 5 won, I came in second. Number 5 was exempt, I was not. I graduated in August of 1971, and was drafted in December 1971. I served two years, in the medical corps. I liked the medical field and went back to...
by | May 16, 2013 | Stories
I remember the lottery night well. I was in Waycross, Georgia on a University of Georgia Forestry School field trip. It was supposed to be a fun lottery party, watching the show with our group of mostly seniors. I was nominated with a friend...
by | May 8, 2013 | Stories
Throughout all four years of my baccalaureate education from 1965 to 1969 my male classmates who were not able to keep their grades up were being drafted out of school. Some of them tried to get the girl students to get lower grades so that their grades would...
by | May 7, 2013 | Stories
I remember vividly having a relatively low lottery number (119) and being called for a physical. At the time I was classified II-S but I was about to enter grad school and lose the II-S status. The physical was interesting to say the least and fortunately I...
by | Apr 29, 2013 | Stories
I was an advanced Army ROTC cadet at the University of Georgia majoring in Pharmacy which was a 5 or 6 year program (1965-1971). Having finished my ROTC course work in 1969, I did not attend any ROTC classes my last 2 years at Georgia, so I never went to the ROTC...
