by | Jun 24, 2012 | Stories
I was in first year at UK Law School on Dec 1, 1969. The draft lottery did not affect me. When I graduated from undergraduate school at UK with a political science BA in May 1969, I was also sworn in as a 2d Lt in the U.S. Army as an ROTC graduate. I received my...
by | Jun 19, 2012 | Stories
I was studying as a PoliSci/History major (with a II-S deferment) at the U of KY in 1969 and ready to graduate and head on to Law School the following year. The threat of the war and actually going there was foremost on my mind. I was going to SDS meetings and...
by | Jun 18, 2012 | Stories
WTF! 50?! Just as well, I was just whoring around much of my freshman year in college. End up a daddy if something didn’t happen. Scared? You bet. I watched the news. Saw the body counts. So, I went in the Air Force on...
by | Jun 18, 2012 | Stories
The only good thing for me regarding the 1969 draft lottery was it forced me to graduate in four years. In order to keep our II-S deferment we were required to make satisfactory progress to complete a degree, i.e. 25%, 50%, 75%, and completion. It required...
by | Jun 10, 2012 | Stories
I married right out of high school, but by 1969 this merited no special draft status or deferment. I recall that this first draft lottery (of my generation) was actually a reinstatement of the lottery system used in WW II. The 1969 lottery was televised live. My wife...
