by | Dec 31, 2012 | Stories
The draft impacted the men of my generation in many, many ways, whether they were called or not. Some good, some bad, some enriching, some deadly. The fraud of avoiding being called would have scarred me no less than a bullet, so I did my duty and came out...
by | Dec 31, 2012 | Stories
In 1969 I was in the graduate program in Psychology at the University of Georgia. I had already been called by the selective service to have a physical at Fort Jackson in Columbia SC and had been classified I-A following that physical. The physical was...
by | Dec 28, 2012 | Stories
I finished at the University of Georgia in December 1969. I remember the night of the draft lottery and the wild time after. Some were celebrating and some were drowning their sorrow. I remember that many guys in ROTC had high numbers and were...
by | Dec 20, 2012 | Stories
I grew up in the Atlanta area and graduated from Marist, a private Catholic military high school at the time. The grades were, frankly, average but I was expected to attend college, any college, to have a chance at success in business and life in general.I enrolled at...
by | Dec 20, 2012 | Stories
I had number 37 drawn for me, but I had a student deferment as I was in college. I graduated from college December 1970. Got my notice for my physical the latter part of January–they said to bring my suitcase because when I passed the physical I was...
by | Dec 18, 2012 | Stories
I was born January 5, 1953, but according to my dad I was supposed to be born earlier. My folks told me that in late December 1952, my dad took my mom out for a drive on a very rough and bumpy dirt road in an attempt to start labor. I didn’t budge, and waited...
