by | Jul 17, 2013 | Stories
By 1969 I was not too concerned about the draft. I had been called up in 1966, prior to the huge build-up in ‘Nam, and reported for my physical in Ft. Jackson, SC. We had gone through all the physicals except for vision when the Sgt in charge told everyone who...
by | Jul 4, 2013 | Stories
I did not watch the lottery, but a friend called me up later and asked if my birthday wasn’t Sept 14 (1950). I said yes, and he gave me the good news! I of course thought it was a joke and tried to ignore it. As I was still in high school at 19-I started school...
by | Jul 2, 2013 | Stories
On the day of the lottery, I was in Biochemistry laboratory at university. When I finished my lab I ran back to the dorm to watch the lottery with all my buddies. We were all freaked out. During the three years since I graduated from high school in...
by | Jul 2, 2013 | Stories
I was a junior at UGA in 1969. A group of students at my fraternity decided that it would be better for us to join the Army Reserves rather than take our chances in the lottery. We found vacancies at the Army reserve unit in Augusta and signed up for a six year...
by | Jun 30, 2013 | Stories
My future wife and I attended a UGA basketball game on the evening of the 1969 draft lottery. We were listening to post-game comments on the radio, as we were driving back to my fraternity house, when the broadcast was interrupted for the live simulcast of the...
by | Jun 30, 2013 | Stories
I had graduated high school in 1970, was in community college. I was always raised to believe that you owed your country service. My brother was about to be drafted. I never really worried about VietNam. I enlisted with my brother under the Buddy...
