by | Oct 23, 2012 | Stories
I was a 1965 high school graduate scheduled for college graduation in 1969. Those times were very stressful if you were "in the zone" of draft eligibility. The main source of stress for many of us was the uncertainty of it all (before the lottery)....
by | Oct 22, 2012 | Stories
I was in my last senior semester, in the fall of 1969, and was sweating bullets as I had a I-A classification. There were several of us (seniors in CE) in the same circumstances. On the night of the first draft lottery announcement we all were on pins and...
by | Oct 22, 2012 | Stories
I graduated from UK in 1969 and accepted a position with Saginaw Steering Gear Division of General Motors. But then I was drafted in the last group prior to the lottery of December 1969, volunteered for Officer Candidate School before my November 10...
by | Oct 8, 2012 | Stories
My college grades were below the 2.00 GPA required to maintain a student deferment in 1966. A friend of the family who sat on the local Draft Board told my mother that I was almost guaranteed to be drafted. I figured that if I got into ROTC, it would...
by | Oct 2, 2012 | Stories
I was number ONE in the draft lottery. I was to graduate in December, 1969shortly after the lottery. Word can down that we could get a one year deferment by going to graduate school. I found money for a fellowship and started graduate school. I planned on trying to...
by | Sep 18, 2012 | Stories
I will never forget the day after the lottery dates were drawn. I missed them in the evening news so all of the draft eligible recent college graduates in my department (engineering) gathered around the newspaper in the conference room the next morning. I looked...
