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...
by | Aug 5, 2009 | Stories
I remember the tension leading up to the draft and the relief when I realized my number pretty much protected me from becoming eligible. I also remember one night in my dorm room where I struggled with my conscience about knowing guys who were drafted or soon to be,...
by | Jul 27, 2009 | Stories
In December of 1969, I had just started my first year in medical school in Chicago as I had left NCSU after three years. I sat around with my roommates and a bunch of guys from my class to watch the lottery on TV. We all put up a fifth of liquor, and whoever drew the...
