My lottery number was 329. I was against the war and I never had to make the difficult decision of what to do. I did give it some thought, though. If I were drafted, I would have tried to work in a medical capacity, since I was pre-med. I was extremely lucky.
In December of 1969, when the original lottery was held, a large group of my fraternity brothers had gathered in the "T.V." room at the house. The beer was flowing. My story is pretty dull. I received a low number–– 72, I recall. I had several...
My roommates, suitemates and I all put $5 in a hat with the lowest number winning the pot (the money that is) The 9 of us all gathered around the TV for the "big" drawing. My number was 215. I don’t remember when the number was drawn. I just remember...
I remember it as a tense time. I had a student deferment and was in the 1st semester of my sophmore year. I did not want to be drafted out of college but did not object to military service. I was not opposed to the War in Vietnam and did not support...
Right after the lottery drawing, my roomate and I decided we would go to Greensboro and take the civil service exam to join the NC National Guard. My number was 140, and my roomate’s was 100, and we knew that we would probably be drafted as soon as we graduated....
I was a sophomore at Chapel Hill when that lottery was held. I remember it as though it occurred yesterday. I have often thought about how that one evening changed so many lives.I was in a fraternity at the time, and several of us who were in the lottery had gone down...
