by | Apr 24, 2016 | Stories
Memory and fact do not necessarily match. I could swear I was in Lawrence, Kansas at the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity common room watching the draft lottery on TV when my number was drawn. However, that cannot be true, because I graduated in June 1969 and...
by | Apr 21, 2016 | Stories
29 May 1969: graduated High School7 August 1969: turned 19 years old28 September 1969: I-S classification (high school student) expired16 October 1969: draft physical passed26 November 1969: draft lottery signed into law29 November 1969: enlisted...
by | Apr 19, 2016 | Stories
The Draft wasn’t scary. At least not to me. Even in high school I understood that rich, connected kids didn’t go to war unless they wanted to establish an appearance of honor upon which to build a career as a politician. I thought everybody should...
by | Apr 15, 2016 | Stories
I graduated in the spring of 1969. There was no lottery at that time. In the summer of that year I was instructed by my draft board to go to Kansas City for the physical. I can’t remember if we were bused over or took the train, but the induction center was...
by | Apr 5, 2016 | Stories
I was one of those caught up in the first draft lottery. I can remember sitting around with a group of friends in Madison, Wisconsin watching the lottery picks on TV. My number was 64 and I knew that I would get drafted.The day after the lottery picks were announced...
by | Apr 5, 2016 | Stories
I had considered but rejected applying for CO status (I philosophically endorsed WWII), and yet I objected to the Vietnam war. When I got a lowish (under 100) number, I also applied to the US Coast Guard (my option if Graduate School did not get me a deferment) but...
