by | Dec 5, 2013 | Stories
I was finally drafted in December 1969 after graduating from UGA and trying unsuccessfully for several deferments and also to get into the Reserves. Mine was the last group to go prior to the lottery but when my lucky number turned out to be 13 I knew there was...
by | Dec 4, 2013 | Stories
I graduated from the University of Georgia with a BBA in accounting June 1969. I began work in Atlanta several days after graduation for Arthur Andersen & Co., a large international CPA firm. I was worried about being drafted so was able to join the...
by | Dec 2, 2013 | Stories
I vividly remember the day of the lottery. All of my close college friends gathered in one room to watch. I was the first number drawn from our group at 040. The next highest number for those in the room was in the 90s. It was ironic that we were the only...
by | Dec 1, 2013 | Stories
I didn’t get to see my number till the Sunday morning following the lottery due to my being in about the sixth week of basic at Ft. Campbell, KY. Our BCT Company (B-10-2) was limited to Company area, but on those Sunday mornings, a couple sons of non-coms...
by | Nov 26, 2013 | Stories
35. My birthday in 1948 was on May 7. That’s month 5, day 7. 5×7=35, my draft number. It was all too neat. I was a senior at Cornell sitting on the sofa next to my pregnant young wife in the library room of our tiny student...
by | Nov 3, 2013 | Stories
My hometown is Lynchburg, VA; but, I was born in Athens, GA while my father was at the University of Georgia. So, after high school, I returned to UGA and was graduated on June 7, 1969. On that same day, I also was...
