by | Feb 23, 2013 | Stories
Not being much of a gambler, I’ve never bought a lottery ticket of any sort over the years. However, the draft lottery was not something which I could choose not to participate in. I was in my sophomore year in college when the lottery was conducted....
by | Feb 14, 2013 | Stories
On 29 November, 1969, I began my two years of service as a 2LT in the US Army Field Artillery. Two days later, the first draft lottery was conducted. My number was 253. I read about the lottery in the newspaper while I was at Fort Sill, OK. I just laughed about...
by | Feb 11, 2013 | Stories
I was in my senior year at the University of Georgia. All of the officer candidate schools were full (except the Marine Corps). I took the test for the Marine Corps Officers Candidate School and was accepted almost immediately. Of course, the mortality rate for a...
by | Feb 9, 2013 | Stories
I worked all the way through UGA with a II-S draft deferral. Then I missed a quarter in my sophomore-junior year due to not having enough money for tuition. Within 3 weeks I received a draft notice making me I-A and I was immediately sent to Atlanta for a...
by | Feb 7, 2013 | Stories
The funny thing about the whole lottery process is that I was going to join the Navy when I completed high school and use the GI bill to attend college just like my father had for WWII. But my parents talked me into going straight to college from high school,...
by | Feb 7, 2013 | Stories
In late 1968, while in my second year at the University of Georgia which included enrollment in Air Force ROTC, I became aware of the opportunity to join a new local National Guard unit. My choices were: to continue in ROTC, to stay in school and take...
