by | Apr 30, 2008 | Stories
Of course I recall the draft lottery well. My number was 232, but I was already a NROTC "contract" student at UNC at the time of the drawing. I graduated from Carolina as an Ensign in the Navy, commissioned by Admr. Elmo "Bud" Zumwalt, who had just...
by | Apr 26, 2008 | Stories
We all crowded into the TV room at the fraternity house and waited anxiously for the first ball to be drawn. As numbers were called out, one brother and then another would cry out "NO" or sometimes an expletive. I kept expecting my birthday to be...
by | Apr 24, 2008 | Stories
My birthday drew number 311 in the 1969 lottery while in undergraduate school. This meant that there was little to no chance of being drafted. However, when I went to dental school, this all changed. Being single meant there was a reasonable chance I could...
by | Apr 22, 2008 | Stories
It was the night of the lottery…we all gathered in a Royal Park apartment to party and watch the results..I was number 8..September 7th..1948…but we must have been cursed…all of us from Winston-Salem that went to Reynolds High…had lottery...
by | Apr 21, 2008 | Stories
I lived in Avery dorm and on the night of the drawing the 6’10" center of the basketabll team was crowing after the basketball game that he had number 1–but of course his height exempted him from service. 208 was my dorm room number and draft...
by | Apr 14, 2008 | Stories
My number was 325. I was planning on going to medical school, but that deferment extended eligibility so the army could draft you as a physician until age 36. Although the high number provided safety, it also inspired me. I applied for and was granted I-O...
