by | Dec 29, 2008 | Stories
I was a junior at the University of Wisconsin when the first draft was held. I was living with four roommates at the time. My number was 36, the rest of my roommates had numbers in the 200 and 300’s. I was allowed to graduate in January of...
by | Dec 28, 2008 | Stories
I was in my senior year at the UW, and wound up with lottery number 17. Then, around early December, as I recall it, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird commented that there probably would not be a draft for the first six months of 1972. This...
by | Dec 23, 2008 | Stories
I was a freshman college student at the time. Several of us sat in a dorm room watching the lottery on an officially banned TV. As the numbers rolled across the screen, we felt very sorry for those selected early and cheered for those selected late. ...
by | Dec 21, 2008 | Stories
I was a sophmore, having transfered to Madison from what was then Oshkosh State University. An "upstate" Wisconsin native, everything about UW-Madison was strange and wondrous. The draft lottery was one of a...
by | Dec 21, 2008 | Stories
I graduated from U. Wisconsin with a B.S. in January of 1968 and was in premed. I had not heard from the UW about medical school and continued to take courses with the thought of teaching if I did not get into medical school. I received my notice to...
by | Dec 16, 2008 | Stories
I was a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin in Madison when the first draft lottery was drawn. The day after the lottery we all got up to go to class and were amazed at what we saw. Whether by conspiracy or coincidence many students were walking around with their...
