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...
by | Apr 17, 2017 | Stories
Deferments were relegated to history by the time I became eligible for call-up, as was only fair. As it turned out, no draft board went above 95 for 1972, which turned out to be the last full year of the draft. Although I took no evasive action to avoid...
by | Apr 5, 2017 | Stories
I graduated from Robert E. Lee high school in Jacksonville in ’67. Guys I knew where already in Vietnam by their own enlistments, including my brother. I was enrolled in junior college which gave me a deferral for the remainder of ’67 and the...
by | Mar 13, 2017 | Stories
I graduated from high school in 1966. My dad was a WW-II veteran and I always had it in the back of my mind to eventually enter the service. I bounced in and out of two different colleges after getting out of high school and in the late fall of...
by | Feb 17, 2017 | Stories
The draft ended for me when I received the number 287 in the 1971 lottery. From the results of previous lotteries, I knew that I had a high enough number that I wouldn’t be called. I had grown up with the draft and came to several opinions.I opposed...
by | Feb 17, 2017 | Stories
The date of my draft lottery was Feb. 2, 1972. I was riding home from college with my two best friends since high school when we heard about it on the radio. The news announcer read off the first five dates in order and when he said "and, July...
