by | Jan 3, 2012 | Stories
I recall sitting around with my fraternity brothers listening to the balls being drawn in December 1969. It seems like a distant memory. My number came up quite early although it was not the first one drawn within my peer group. It was a strange...
by | Dec 19, 2011 | Stories
My story is much like many draft age men in December 1969. I was a 5th year Architectural Senior, recently married, and living in an off-campus non-UK apartment on North Main Street in Lexington. Since architecture was a five year program, I needed a...
by | Dec 16, 2011 | Stories
I enlisted in the Navy the summer of 1968 following high school graduation. I didn’t go to boot camp until January 1969 and was stationed at Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla when the draft lottery was held. I felt relieved I was in the Navy and not a grunt in...
by | Dec 15, 2011 | Stories
I had a student deferment up until May 1970, when I failed the the pre-induction physical due to an ear infection. I was retested in November and passed. I got my I-A classification in December 1970 after the December call had already been...
by | Dec 14, 2011 | Stories
I entered college at UK as a freshman in 1966. I was in the ROTC program, which meant I had a I-A draft classification–no student deferral. When the lottery drawing took place my number was 250. My draft board said they would probably not go over 115. As...
