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...
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....
