by | Mar 5, 2016 | Stories
Here is my story about the draft. My classification was changed from II-S to I-A during that time. I was notified to put my affairs in order, such as tell my landlord that I had been called up and that I would no longer need my apartment. I did...
by | Mar 4, 2016 | Stories
I could never recall my SSN without looking it up until I turned 65, but my draft number in the lottery is one I have never forgotten. July 6th, No. 327. Even though I had no trouble maintaining my grades, that announcement removed all pressure from the...
by | Feb 27, 2016 | Stories
The night of the first draft lottery all the guys in my fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha, were listening to the radio for the draft numbers to be called. When my birthday (July 21st) was called as No. 27, there was a great deal of screaming and yelling at my expense by my...
by | Feb 27, 2016 | Stories
I was in the first class to be in the lottery but unlike the class to follow we were still able to keep our student deferment if we stayed in college. I was living in Ellsworth Hall at KU and all the guys were gathered around the 7th floor lobby TV as it...
by | Feb 5, 2016 | Stories
Oliver Hall, 10th Floor, had a TV in the common area lobby. Everybody gathered to watch the lottery as it was broadcast live. As numbers came out, there were groans and cheers. I drew number 195, reasonably safe, but it was irrelevant to me because I had a I-D...
by | Feb 5, 2016 | Stories
At the time of the draft lottery I had 3 roommates in an off campus apartment. I was a first year law student. One guy was in the Coast Guard, one was in Navy ROTC and due to be commissioned an Ensign, the third was a draft dodger who swore that if he got...
