by | Feb 7, 2015 | Stories
I was at a Kansas-Wisconsin basketball game at the U. of Kansas the night of the lottery. One of the cheerleaders announced, "September 14, you’re number 1." When I got back to my apartment, I called my parents, and my tearful mother informed me that I...
by | Jan 29, 2015 | Stories
I remember watching the draft on TV in New York City. I’m not sure if I was at home or at college that day, but to me it was academic as I was in college with a student deferment until 1972.I graduated high school in 1967 and was considered an outcast as I was...
by | Jan 22, 2015 | Stories
I didn’t know it at the time, but having a low lottery number would enable me to meet and marry the most wonderful woman ever. I was a senior at the University of Kansas majoring in electrical engineering when my number of 39 was drawn. I thought, oh xxxx!...
by | Jan 21, 2015 | Stories
It was the year of the first lottery. I recall sitting around the television room at my fraternity house, drinking beer, and watching our futures unfold. Kind of scary. My number was fairly high but I felt badly for those in the room who had a low number drawn....
by | Jan 9, 2015 | Stories
The lottery really didn’t affect me personally. By the time the first number was being drawn, I had been in Vietnam for a little over 3 months. I was with the 3rd Marines in I Corps, and had been running patrols and night ambushes all that...
by | Jan 7, 2015 | Stories
I found out my number from the TV in my dorm lobby. (McCollum Hall). My number might have been high enough to keep me out but my home county (Doniphan) had a small population.I enlisted in the Navy to avoid the Army and spent the next four years in California and...
