by | Nov 17, 2008 | Stories
I never had to get a student deferment — I was classified 1-Y by my draft board on the basis of my terrible eyesight (they were afraid I’d shoot the general if I ever were to lose my glasses) and a history of asthma. There was great apprehension in the...
by | Nov 12, 2008 | Stories
We sat by a crackling radio listening to the draft lottery, which could determine the status of the rest of our lives. The numbers moved very slowly. We were anti-war and had participated in the student protests, some of which became violent. It was...
by | Nov 10, 2008 | Stories
I attended UW-Milwaukee from 1965 to 1969 and then transferred to UW-Madison Law School in the summer of 1969. I had been "protected" by a II-S deferment for my undergraduate years but sometime in 1968, I recall, the undersgraduate student deferment...
by | Nov 10, 2008 | Stories
When I received my undergraduate degree from UW Madison I was immediately sent my draft notice. I decided to join the US Army reserves which was an option at that time. I remember expecting to be sent to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for...
by | Nov 9, 2008 | Stories
In 1969 I had a student deferment since I was a full time student at Madison. My lucky number was 212, while my brother’s number was in the 30’s. He enlisted after college, but never went overseas. I waited to see how high the...
by | Nov 9, 2008 | Stories
In the fall semester of 1969, I started graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I had just graduated, having had the good fortune of a student deferment; but I probably would have been drafted by the end of the summer, were it not for...
