by | Aug 22, 2012 | Stories
My father was a career Army officer. I had polio in Puerto Rico in 1951 at age 4. When I turned 18 I went to the draft board for my physical and was declared IV-F due to the polio.When the draft came up in 1969, I was a senior at the University of...
by | Aug 21, 2012 | Stories
My father was a WWII B-17 pilot and POW, and my father-in-law had been an Army officer who spent 3 years in the Pacific theater. I grew up with a strong belief that military service was one of the obligations of citizenship. I wanted to fly and...
by | Aug 19, 2012 | Stories
My birthday is January 14, 1950 (No. 238). I was put on status 1-H after reporting to the San Antonio, Texas induction center in February, 1970. I was a dependent of an Air Force officer for 20 years and lived on bases all my life up to that point, including France....
by | Aug 19, 2012 | Stories
My lottery number was 21. I had left Pa. looking for work and my draft notice followed me out to Chicago. The draft center there looked like it had been revived from WW I. As we walked in there were people outside yelling for us to burn our draft cards. Someone was...
by | Aug 12, 2012 | Stories
I was a student/athlete at UK loving my new-found independence and doing what I loved the most, playing football. I was home in Atlanta for Christmas break when the first lottery was televised in 1969. My friends from high school and I were sitting around...
by | Aug 11, 2012 | Stories
The number 256 has been very much a part of me since it was drawn for March 23 in the 1969 lottery. I was very much opposed to the war and I was seriously considering going to Canada if I was going to be drafted. Needless to say I was very lucky and life carried on as...
