by | Dec 8, 2008 | Stories
I had a student deferment until the lottery was implemented. In December of 1969 I was in my first year of law school at the University of Wisconsin. In early 1970 the 826th Ordinance unit of the U.S. Army Reserves, headquartered in Madison, returned...
by | Dec 6, 2008 | Stories
I was draft-able, I-A I think they called it, for about a year before the lottery because my grade point was not that good. I had been in ROTC for about 2 years and thought that may have been why I was not in Viet Nam. Guys younger than I were being called up near...
by | Dec 3, 2008 | Stories
I took a deep breath and realized that I was home free. I could quit school, travel the land and no longer worry about the draft. I also realized that the lottery took the wind out of the sails of the anti-draft movement and co-opted so many who, in a...
by | Dec 1, 2008 | Stories
I had a student exemption before the draft lottery. I remember being very concerned about no longer being "protected" by the student exemption and I considered my options. Getting a reasonably high enough number put an end to my concerns and tentative...
by | Dec 1, 2008 | Stories
I was at the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1967, and unsure of a major. The Vietnam Conflict was escalating, thanks to President LBJ, and I was concerned, and more than a little frightened. I was 18, away from home, meeting new and exciting people. It...
by | Nov 30, 2008 | Stories
I’ll never forget that number 324. The next year when the numbers they called for active duty got up to 90 pretty fast I started to worry, again. 324 saved me a fast trip to Canada from Detroit and then the plan was to go to New Zealand. It was...
