by | Jun 29, 2008 | Stories
Graduated from U. of Wisconsin-Madison after the then usual 4 years in 1970. I considered dropping out in my freshman year to see if I could have more fun pursuing a writing career. (I was making a little money being a part-time campus reporter for the Milwaukee...
by | Jun 24, 2008 | Stories
I was a senior at UW Madison and attended a basketball game the night of the lottery. I came home and my close friend who knew my birthday thought my number was in the two hundreds. The news came on and I found out I was No. 39. I was not the soldier type, not a...
by | Jun 20, 2008 | Stories
In June of 1969 I had completed four years and all but about a half dozen of the credits I needed for a Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering when I headed off to Memphis, TN for a summer job with Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. Toward the end of the...
by | Jun 20, 2008 | Stories
Leading up to the draft lottery, the news media reminded us of the importance of the numbers. Those with low numbers would most certainly be drafted and soon. The lucky guys with higher numbers, basically above 180 would be "safe".On lottery night there were...
by | Jun 19, 2008 | Stories
I was at UW-Madison during those "interesting" years. I was able to attend college via a generous scholarship through the NROTC. Following my graduation in January, 1970 with a degree in journalism, I was destined to go directly into the Navy. I did so,...
by | Jun 19, 2008 | Stories
Lottery night was a crazy night with everyone having a reason to get a little drunk. One third, including, me celebrated that we were not going. One third commiserated because they were going. And, one third agonized because they...
