by | Jan 28, 2013 | Stories
In 1966 I graduated from a public all-boys high school that had mandatory Army ROTC. Those were good years but I learned enough about the Army to realize that I did not want to walk through Rice Paddy 101. Being accepted to UGA gave me a II-S deferment plus they had...
by | Jan 23, 2013 | Stories
I had graduated high school in 1963 at age 17 and was already in college when I registered for the draft. We filled out the forms and sent them to the draft board every quarter the entire time we were in school, to keep the all-important II-S deferment. ...
by | Jan 22, 2013 | Stories
I was at a Georgia basketball game when they called out the lottery numbers. I drew 272 but since I was already in Advanced ROTC, it didn’t matter. I received my orders for Vietnam on Friday the 13th of August 1971 and served with the 60th...
by | Jan 21, 2013 | Stories
1969-70 was my senior year at UGA. From high school, Vietnam had been an ever-growing issue in the nation and in my life. There was collecting care packages for the troops, registering for the draft, taking the exemption exam as a freshman at UGA, the daily body count...
by | Jan 18, 2013 | Stories
My future wife and I were sitting in the stands at a University of Georgia basketball game at Stegman Coliseum when they began calling out the draft numbers on the radio. I had a transitor pressed to my ear as did many, many others. By the end of the game,...
