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,...
by | Jun 1, 2009 | Stories
A large crowd of dorm denizens gathered in the front lobby of UCLA’s Hedrick Residence Hall, anxiously awaiting the announcement of their numbers piped in over the PA system. With each birthday read someone celebrated or moaned. ...
by | May 30, 2009 | Stories
My parents were particularly nervous. Both of their boys (my older brother Mark and I) were in the very first lottery draw. They professed at the time they would move to Canada if necessary, but we also had college (San Diego State for Mark,...
by | May 29, 2009 | Stories
With a lottery number well over 300, and being enrolled at college, I was fortunate not to be forced to resist or submit to the draft. While I was active in our campus student political organization that worked against the war and for civil rights, I suffered no...
by | May 27, 2009 | Stories
My lottery number was 23. I immediately decided I had to find a way out of the selection process. With my grandfather, I started a letter writing campaign to then Senators Tunney and Cranston. Through my grandfather’s efforts and my bad knees that I only...
