by | Jun 7, 2009 | Stories
I was part of the first every lottery, December 1, 1969, if I recall correctly. I was a freshman at UCLA, and had just rushed for Sigma Chi fraternity, Delta Eta chapter. On that night (I seem to recall a Sunday evening), all the brothers in the house gathered as we...
by | Jun 7, 2009 | Stories
I was I-A from having dropped out of college briefly before I transferred to UC Berkley (Bezerkly back then). On the day of the lottery, 5 or 6 friends gathered together to watch. It was like a sports contest with teams of 1. We alternately cheered winners...
by | Jun 5, 2009 | Stories
Before the lottery, I went through a nervous time when I failed a Spanish class at UCLA and, due to insufficent progress (i.e., I did not become a sophomore in the required time), lost my student deferment. The draft office at UCLA said I could get my deferment...
by | Jun 4, 2009 | Stories
I was in my second year at UCLA, on a student deferment, of course, and I was a member of a fraternity. We were all subject to the first lottery, and were all congregated around the radio as the numbers were being called. A frat brother who was born...
by | Jun 3, 2009 | Stories
Starting in late 1969, I became active in the anti-draft movement. At the time I was a student at USC and transferred to UCLA in 1970. I led a small group in the San Fernando Valley that decided the best way to fight the draft was to adhere to the draft...
by | Jun 2, 2009 | Stories
I had 2 years of college as II-S classification, then dropped out to make more money, and got I-A in a week’s time. That was in 1968. In 1969, it was still going through the mill on how to do the draft lottery, and I got inducted in Oct. 31, 1969,...
