by | Jul 17, 2009 | Stories
I was a senior at NC State University and very ready to get out of there. The Vietnam War made for very tense times and soldiers were getting killed. Every night on the news there was film footage of battles and the number of dead for the...
by | Jul 15, 2009 | Stories
Will never forget that night. I was at a small college in Iowa. Everyone, at least the 19 year olds, had ears glued to the radio, eyes to the tv. After the drawing, after the cheers, after the smashed tvs and radios, the bars were full; either you were...
by | Jul 14, 2009 | Stories
How did the draft lottery affect the choices I made in my life? Wow!Well, rather than graduate in Nuclear Engineering as planned in May, 1970, get married on June 6 and move to Charleston, SC, to live, raise a family and work at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, I...
by | Jul 13, 2009 | Stories
The first lottery was held during my senior year in college. My number was called in April, although I knew much earlier that it would be called before I graduated. As with all seniors, I was in the process of interviewing for jobs. The year before...
by | Jul 8, 2009 | Stories
Basically, I was lucky not to be drafted during this time. If I had been born a day earlier (No. 184) or later (No. 71) I would have been drafted. Upon entering UCLA in 1967, I went to the Selective Service Board and received a student deferment. For the first two...
by | Jul 7, 2009 | Stories
At the time I was a student at Chico State University (in northern Calif). I guess I was fairly naive because I didn’t pay much attention to the war & wasn’t much concerned about the upcoming draft. Anyway, on the way to school the next day, I dropped...
