by | Feb 10, 2009 | Stories
My dad’s death was service related during World War II. I was his sole issue and the only one to continue his name. Because of this, I was granted a deferment. My feeling at the time was great relief, though I would have traded a stint in the service to have...
by | Feb 10, 2009 | Stories
I was in my junior year at the University of Wisconsin, and unfortunately drew a low number. I had a student deferment at that time, so stayed in school, finishing four years but needing one more semester to graduate with an engineering degree. Since the...
by | Feb 5, 2009 | Stories
I had my undergraduate degree and was already teaching elementary school in the Madison school district before the lottery. My school had a lot of high-need students, many from single parent families. The school district sent yearly letters to my draft board...
by | Feb 5, 2009 | Stories
The lottery didn’t mean much to me, since at the time I was going to the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and was in Air Force ROTC. Growing up in New York City I’d been pretty uptight, very conservative, and didn’t really question...
by | Feb 3, 2009 | Stories
I was a sophomore at UW Madison, and found out that Electrical Engineering would no longer get you a deferred job, so in mid-1971, I joined the Wisconsin National Guard. An interesting experience, with Basic Training and truck driving AIT at Fort Ord, CA from...
by | Feb 2, 2009 | Stories
I arrived home in the evening, after the lottery draw had begun. I found my mother listening to the numbers being called on a radio. She, too had missed the beginning of the draw, so we didn’t know if I had already been assigned a low number. I went to my...
