by | Sep 22, 2008 | Stories
I was in my junior year at UW-Madison under a student deferment when the lottery was initiated and my birthday came up No. 59; so I knew that meant I would likely go to Viet Nam upon graduation in June 1971. I went to Milwaukee in the spring of 1971 for my...
by | Sep 20, 2008 | Stories
I rebroke a cracked finger just to qualify for what turned out to be my high lottery number. The draft made me anti-war and ant-draft for life.
by | Sep 20, 2008 | Stories
I had a II-S college deferment in 1969 when they did the draft lottery. The year before there was something of a pre-cursor to the lottery in that if you were in college, you had to take a nationwide SAT-like test and get a minimum score to keep the II-S...
by | Sep 15, 2008 | Stories
In the years I attended the University of Wisconsin, 1967-1971, my classes seemed to be sandwiched between attending a never-ending series of protests and going to hundreds of movies on campus. On December 1, 1969, the day of the first draft lottery, the classic...
by | Sep 14, 2008 | Stories
I can still remember Lottery Night like it was last night. I was a Resident Advisor in Sledd C Hall in my senior year at the University of Florida. Most of the guys from the dorm were gathered in my room listening to the radio. The rumor was...
by | Sep 14, 2008 | Stories
I graduated from college in May 1969 on a 2-S deferment. I was almost simultaneously reclassified 1-A and took (and passed) my physical at the Chicago induction center in June or July 1969. I also got married that summer and was accepted into grad...
