by | Oct 15, 2008 | Stories
I started college in the fall of 1964 with a student deferment. After two years, I dropped out for a year, got married and had a kid. When I reapplied for my student deferment in 1967, some kind soul, to whom I will always be grateful, sent back my application with a...
by | Oct 15, 2008 | Stories
I entered the University of Florida in 1964 and enrolled in the Army ROTC program the mandatory two years. In order to ensure myself an educational deferment to attend law school and to serve as an officer if I had to serve at all, I voluntarily enrolled in the...
by | Oct 14, 2008 | Stories
I don’t think anyone who was of draft age wouldn’t remember that night. To my knowledge it wasn’t even on TV but on the radio and if I remember correctly Ted Kennedy pulled the ping pong balls. I was at our apartment in Landmark with my roommate Bill...
by | Oct 13, 2008 | Stories
I drew number 135 (well, if my memory is correct), but it was within the numbers actually called. I took a chance and let my college deferment lapse, hoping my number would not be reached. But it was. I was called to Jacksonville for a...
by | Oct 13, 2008 | Stories
Even though I did not go to Viet Nam, this draft affected my life forever. I was a college junior and ended up at No. 24. Like many of us, I knew a lot of guys who had gone over there and a number who were never coming back. I didn’t want to...
by | Oct 12, 2008 | Stories
Because of my job I was unable to listen to the first 100 or so birthdays drawn in the first lottery. When I returned to my apartrment my three roommates were all listening to the broadcast. When I asked if my birthday had been called they responded...
