by | Aug 6, 2008 | Stories
The first lottery fell on a cold night in Madison. Lottery parties were the order of the day. Watching the event on TV, everyone was drinking and sweating out the results. Some said hell no, they wouldn’t go, others said they would. Fortunately for our group, no...
by | Aug 6, 2008 | Stories
I enlisted in the Florida National Guard in July of 1968. When the first lottery came around I was an officer candidate in the OCS academy at Camp Blanding, Florida. I went with a number of fraternity brothers (Phi Delts) from the university to watch the lottery on TV...
by | Aug 4, 2008 | Stories
My number came up at 116 and I fully expected to be drafted. The only reason that I can figure as to why I was not drafted is that the following summer I took a vacation in Canada. In order to travel out of the country as a draft age male you were required to notify...
by | Jul 31, 2008 | Stories
I happen to be driving to my girlfriend’s sorority house to pick her up from dinner. I’m listening to the radio in the car and the station music is pre-empted by the lottery secretary calling out birthdates in order...
by | Jul 25, 2008 | Stories
As the draft numbers were being drawn and announced I remember thinking that this really didn’t mean anything, assuming the war would be over before I graduated in two years. So when my number came up as 28 I wasn’t too worried. However two years later it...
by | Jul 20, 2008 | Stories
The one memory I have of the draft is that it was occurring during a UW basketball game. It was surreal seeing guys watching the game but with transistor radios glued to their ears. Every once in a while someone would stand up and either cheer or say something like Oh...
