by | Sep 5, 2008 | Stories
I was at UW-Madison, had dropped to 11 credits the previous semester and was reclassified 1-A losing my student deferment. Heard from the Selective Service and took my pre-induction physcial, where my asthma later made me classified IV-F. The Draft...
by | Sep 1, 2008 | Stories
In 1969, I was in my senior year at the University of Florida. I was in the Air Force ROTC program and would be going into active duty after graduation, so, at that point, my lottery number was not a concern. It’s hard to say if I would have...
by | Aug 31, 2008 | Stories
At the time of the draft I was a graduating senior at the University of Florida, so I had student deferment. My roommates and I listened to the draft on the radio and my birthday came up at No. 221. At that time, I did not know what to make...
by | Aug 26, 2008 | Stories
I went to the Oakland Center in the Fall of ’65 in response to my draft notice. I had received the Kennedy Exemption in 1963 when my girlfriend married me to help me get it. By early ’65 we were separated and divorced. Around September, I was sitting...
by | Aug 26, 2008 | Stories
I started college at the University of Wisconsin in Madison in the fall of 1967. Student deferments were still being granted then, so I was ableto concentrate on my schooling. I was included in the first draft lottery, along with a few years...
by | Aug 25, 2008 | Stories
We were all nervous about the lottery. In 1969 I pulled 198 but I had a deferment until I graduated which was to be Aug 1970. By the summer of 1970, I knew that the first year (1969) took guys to, I think, 225. It was higher than my number so I...
