by | May 28, 2008 | Stories
I remember I was a senior at the U of W – Oshkosh. I went to the dorm that night to visit friends and watch the lottery. My number came up 124 and I was worried because I had gone through my four years of college deferment and was heading for...
by | May 27, 2008 | Stories
I don’t know what my number was– didn’t care as I had an AFROTC scholarship my senior year. Served 5 yrs in the Air Force, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Marin County, CA, and Washington, DC. My AF experience in electronics and intelligence/security...
by | May 26, 2008 | Stories
I knew that I would not accept induction into the military. The lottery was just going to determine the reason I would not be inducted. If my number was low, I would have to choose between leaving the country or leaving the closet. Since I was lucky...
by | May 24, 2008 | Stories
My story is short. I listened to the first lottery on the radio or TV in my dorm room (I can’t remember which). As the birth dates were called I wrote each one down in order. In the anxiety of the moment I was relieved as 295 other dates were...
by | May 21, 2008 | Stories
Don’t recall my exact lottery number. Believe it was in the 30s. I made a genius move and enlisted in the USN for 4 years…3 years 48 weeks. Spent 15 – 16 months on Guam and 24 1/2 months in and out of San Diego including 2 Western Pacific...
by | May 17, 2008 | Stories
My number was 333, which was a very fortunate number, and has made me a believer in 3 (and multiples of 3) as my lucky numbers ever since. If I had lotteryed at number 1 like my friend Jim S. did, I would have tried to get into grad school as fast as I could, or...
