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...
by | May 11, 2016 | Stories
Graduated from KU in June, 1969. Went home to St. Louis area and went to work. Got a notice (don’t remember when in 1969) to report to the St. Louis (Missouri) Army Depot for a "pre-induction physical". Got on a bus near where I lived and got...
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...
