by | Dec 31, 2012 | Stories
In 1969 I was in the graduate program in Psychology at the University of Georgia. I had already been called by the selective service to have a physical at Fort Jackson in Columbia SC and had been classified I-A following that physical. The physical was...
by | Dec 28, 2012 | Stories
I finished at the University of Georgia in December 1969. I remember the night of the draft lottery and the wild time after. Some were celebrating and some were drowning their sorrow. I remember that many guys in ROTC had high numbers and were...
by | Dec 20, 2012 | Stories
I grew up in the Atlanta area and graduated from Marist, a private Catholic military high school at the time. The grades were, frankly, average but I was expected to attend college, any college, to have a chance at success in business and life in general.I enrolled at...
by | Dec 20, 2012 | Stories
I had number 37 drawn for me, but I had a student deferment as I was in college. I graduated from college December 1970. Got my notice for my physical the latter part of January–they said to bring my suitcase because when I passed the physical I was...
by | Dec 18, 2012 | Stories
I was born January 5, 1953, but according to my dad I was supposed to be born earlier. My folks told me that in late December 1952, my dad took my mom out for a drive on a very rough and bumpy dirt road in an attempt to start labor. I didn’t budge, and waited...
