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...
by | Jul 7, 2017 | Stories
I was drafted early 1970. Looking back, I wish I had refused induction, like Muhammad Ali, and spent my 2 years in federal prison. I think only a draftee can understand why.
by | Jun 2, 2017 | Stories
I was with a group of my fraternity brothers the night they announced the numbers. One of them actually got #1 but as it turned out my #114 wasn’t any better. Got my induction notice in Sept. 1970 and flew from Richmond, VA to Ft. Campbell, KY for basic...
