by | Aug 9, 2010 | Stories
I was a student at Duke Divinity School in 1969. My lottery number was 74, a number that would have resulted in my being drafted except that my divinity school status provided me a ministerial deferment. A fellow student made a convincing case...
by | Aug 8, 2010 | Stories
Like many others, my father and uncles served in WW II. We grew up watching TV shows and movies that glorified military service, in which the good guys always won. A friend of mine and I had planned to join the Marines under the buddy system (actually false...
by | Aug 8, 2010 | Stories
My lottery number was low, and I was disappointed that the draft would remain an issue for me. I wasn’t worried, however, because I was in a course of study that would lead to a teaching career. If I could find a job, I would be eligible for an...
by | Aug 3, 2010 | Stories
My number was 151 meaning that I was likely to be drafted upon graduation from Duke. I was a pre-med major (as were 50% of the males in my class) and the competition for grades was fierce and cut-throat, because medical schools were focused on your GPA as a great...
by | Aug 3, 2010 | Stories
I was attending the Duke-Virginia Tech basketball game on December 1, 1969 (in Greensboro, first game of the year) with two of my roommates, John N. and Ben P. Of the three of us, two had already committed to some form of military service. I had signed up for a...
