by | Jul 11, 2016 | Stories
In 1969 my lottery number was 16. I was attending college part time when I was drafted in December 1970, with orders for Ft. Polk (basic) and then Vietnam. So I ran around looking for other options. I enlisted a few days later in the Army Reserve and went to...
by | Jun 27, 2016 | Stories
I graduated from KU in June of 1969. Local Board 47 in Independence, Kansas had me reclassified to I-A and drafted even before KU mailed my diploma to me. I was standing in a basic training chow line when I found out my lottery number was 323–talk about bad...
by | Jun 24, 2016 | Stories
After graduation in ’69 I went to work for a large science company which had over twenty engineers affected by the lottery. We had our own lottery that cost $5 to get in; in ’69 a dime could buy morning coffee, the afternoon candy bar and the daily...
by | Jun 19, 2016 | Stories
I’m amazed to think how unaware I was, beyond the desire to stay out of the Army. If my eyes had been better I would have gone into the Air Force and might have ended up at the Hanoi Hilton. The Air Force would have taken me but not as a pilot....
by | May 19, 2016 | Stories
I was drafted in the summer of 1969 a few months before the lottery went into effect. I am now a disabled combat veteran of Viet Nam due to Agent Orange, PTSD etc. I am very proud of my service and that I was patriotic enough to go to war for my country...
by | May 12, 2016 | Stories
I was a pacifist Bahai at the time of the war, having applied for a I-A-0 and been dropped to II-S since I was in college. Saint Louis Univ. started a BSSW program so I transferred to the School of Social Work. Never having draft age men they didn’t...
