This is the story of Edmund Weinberg who served as a captain, Veterinary Corps, attached to Army Munitions Command, Ford Detrick, Frederick Maryland, 1966-1968. I write this to point out that everyone who served was not selected by or subject to the lottery;...
The evening of the very first lottery had everyone on campus glued to the TV or radio, save a few of us who had other considerations. I was facing a major Econ exam scheduled for early the next morning and, not being an A student, needed every minute of...
Since 1969 I have been telling friends that the only lottery that I have ever won was the 1969 draft lottery. I remember being in the den of my dorm (I was the Housefellow) watching TV with all the other residents. Just men at the time and most all...
I attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, during the years 1969 – 1971 after completing my first two years of college near my home at the UW Sheboygan Center Campus. I feel privileged to have attended the UW during that unique and memorable time in...
I grew up and went to undergrad school (BS, 68) in Kansas where as far as my local draft board was concerned your only choices were: join the weekend warriors (National Guard), go to college for 4 years – with a C average – and then submit to the draft,...
I was a grad student in Chemistry and our laboratory planned to listen to the radio as the numbers were read. (I was 1-A and slated to go….) I got stuck in traffic on Park Ave. and arrived late after the lottery had started–the numbers were already...
