by | Dec 1, 2024 | Stories
Because of wrangling in Congress, the 1971 lottery drawing was delayed until August, which created a fairly highly anxious summer for those of us who graduated high school in 1971. I had already enrolled at the University of Michigan, and with lottery number 6, I knew...
by | Jan 7, 2023 | Stories
With a lottery number of 88, I knew I would be drafted. I had a choice, I could be a guy picking up cigarette butts during police call… or I could be a guy watching other guys picking up cigarette butts… a student deferment (I-S) would only get me through...
by | Jan 7, 2023 | Stories
I listed 188 as my lottery number based on charts available online. But my hazy recollection from when I was 18 is a bit different from what I find online. According to online resources, my draft lottery would have been in 1971 for men born in 1952. But by 1971 I was...
by | Oct 29, 2022 | Stories
Well, what can I say? I got 296. Since the highest it went in 1970 was 195, I lucked-out. But, it got two thirds of the way to my supposedly great number. I didn’t rely on luck. I did a foreign studies program in Canada. Just to hedge my bets. My old man got...
by | Jun 7, 2022 | Stories
I was a senior at Duke University, already accepted to medical school when the draft occurred. We had 100 residents in my dorm who contributed $1 each for the lottery, with the lowest (first) birthday number drawn winning. I won the $100, and the next day went to the...
by | Mar 24, 2022 | Stories
We three brothers were watching the lottery on TV in our family room in Dallas. I was the oldest, then Danny and Ronnie. Danny got # 11 and Ron and I teased him. I got # 31. Ron teased me. Over an hour later Ron got # 342. He told us I am never going! Danny joined the...
