by | Sep 17, 2016 | Stories
Vietnam conscription was my negative reinforcement to remain in college, not drop out in my sophomore year on account of indecision. When I graduated high school 1965 it was with honors and a full scholarship to VMI (VA Military Institute) if I wanted it. Because of...
by | Aug 17, 2016 | Stories
I enlisted in the US Army Reserve in 1968, being one of the thousands of graduate students whose deferments were cancelled by LBJ in the spring of 1968. At that time, before the lottery, the draft was applied on the basis of oldest first. All of us who had...
by | Aug 7, 2016 | Stories
In November of 1965 while attending Washburn University (as a junior) I was kicked out for violating their rules regarding the use of alcohol. Within four days of that event I was notified by my local draft board in Wilson County, Kansas to report for a...
by | Jul 21, 2016 | Stories
I was caught up in it like everyone else at that time. The night they held the lottery, I was busy with other things, and did not know the results until the next day. When I saw that my number was 163, I knew it probably was not high enough to escape the call-up. I...
by | Jul 18, 2016 | Stories
I knew the moment I found out my number, even though it was very low, that I would not have to serve in Vietnam. 13 has always been my lucky number as it is my birth date. Indeed, I graduated from the University of Kansas at mid-year and knew no...
by | Jul 11, 2016 | Stories
I was a senior living in a scholarship hall at KU when the lottery numbers were drawn. I had already been accepted into medical school, so I was deferred. After my residency, the military had no interest in me anymore. My two senior roommates...
