by | Apr 12, 2009 | Stories
I recall the lottery as if it were yesterday. I was with a number of my football teammates at UCLA. At that time, it had already been determined that anybody in the first 120 would be drafted. When number 68 came up for my birthday, my heart sank, because I already...
by | Apr 10, 2009 | Stories
I was at UCLA, on a Navy ROTC scholarship. Since I was already headed to the military, my lottery number held no significance to me. When it came up 50, I remember thinking, well, it’s a good thing I’ll get to go into the military on my terms and as...
by | Apr 9, 2009 | Stories
I turned 18 in November of 1971. I was a long-haired pot-smoking hippie in my first semester of college. I was totally against the war. There was no college deferment at the time (nor should there have been in my opinion). I remember feeling existentially...
by | Apr 6, 2009 | Stories
The only lottery I have ever won, was the one I lost in 1969. I can remember receiving my lottery number 196 and really not knowing whether this was going to be good or bad. Well, by September I didn’t like the prospects.I went to the local...
by | Apr 5, 2009 | Stories
I had already been drafted before the lottery, in 1968. I was in grad school but deferments for grad school had been eliminated. The lottery put a lot more sanity into people’s lives by removing some of the uncertainty. (I gave up on going to...
by | Apr 5, 2009 | Stories
I had been accepted to Navy OCS before the lottery. When my lottery number came up 314, I chose not to enlist. One of the biggest mistakes I ever made.
