by | Aug 16, 2009 | Stories
I was a senior at NC State and deeply (perhaps too deeply) involved in ROTC, when the draft took place. Like most of my fellow students, the night of the lottery, I was in the TV room watching and when my number came up as 110, I was actually happy I was in ROTC...
by | Aug 12, 2009 | Stories
Student deferment -1966-1970Joined the Army October 1970Went to 5th Special Forces Group right after the 5th PCSed to Ft. Bragg, so no Viet Nam for meSeptember 1973 got out and went to Graduate SchoolNovember 1975 joined 19th Special Forces Group and left it August...
by | Aug 12, 2009 | Stories
My senior year at NC State University I earned a full scholarship to graduate school in Virginia when I drew 48 in the lottery. I knew I was going into the service since my student exemption would not carry over. I accepted a job with Eastman Chemical...
by | Aug 10, 2009 | Stories
Do I remember that night? Hell YEAH. 358!!I was on the Technician school newspaper staff and they had a teletype machine. They started the lottery on the radio but quit after ten numbers. As I was driving over to the office I heard, blah blah 24. My birthday is...
by | Aug 9, 2009 | Stories
I was a junior in Aerospace Engineering and a Kappa Alpha at North Carolina State U. when the first lottery and lottery party was held. Frats never needed much of a reason to party but this one had a darker tone to it. I hit No. 249 and was considered very safe...
by | Aug 5, 2009 | Stories
The annual lottery drawing event was watched with anticipation by students as a sort of public event in the undergraduate Powell Library at UCLA (where I was a college junior). Since my drawn birthdate number was a relatively high 211, and the prior year...
