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...
by | Sep 16, 2012 | Stories
After graduating from high school in 1962 I got a job in a warehouse. I had no intention of going to college, but after working for a year I began to understand the value of a college education. The company I worked for had a tuition re-imbursement plan so...
by | Sep 13, 2012 | Stories
I received a notice in the mail at my dorm room to report to the Selective Service office for a physical, at 6:00 in the morning in late February. I was in my last semester of college and would graduate in May. I went to the draft office a few days before and...
