by | Oct 24, 2017 | Stories
I was doing horrible in school, always getting in trouble with the law, hanging around with the bad crowd. I decided I had to change my life, or I knew I would end up in prison. My parents were also not happy with my situation, so they encouraged me to join the...
by | Oct 18, 2017 | Stories
I graduated from high school in Ellenburg Depot , NY, in 1969. I knew the draft lottery was happening soon and I might become elgible for possible infantry time in the Army. Military duty was not new to our family, as my uncles were serving at the time. Some had...
by | Sep 28, 2017 | Stories
I just graduated high school in June, 1971 and in August I watched my number come up on the TV screen. At first I didn’t know if # 3 was good or bad! It wasn’t long. Within a week I received my first notice in the mail. Then I knew it was for real....
by | Sep 23, 2017 | Stories
I remember I was sitting at the kitchen table with my Mom listening to the numbers being called on the radio. I was in college at the time, but we did not have student deferments in that time period. I was the 12th of 13 children, the youngest of 6 boys. My...
by | Sep 23, 2017 | Stories
I went to college in the fall of 1970, and got a student deferment from the draft. Stupidly, I dropped some courses, not realizing that at the end of the school year I wouldn’t have enough credits to sustain my deferment. I was part of the lottery in...
by | Aug 2, 2017 | Stories
By my mid-teens I knew what a conscientious objector was, and I knew I was one. I’d always attended Quaker schools, and fully accepted the belief that God is found in every person. Participating in killing other people was unacceptable.I started college in...
