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...
by | Aug 6, 2012 | Stories
Hanging around the fraternity house drinking beer one night in the fall of 1969 when the numbers came out. Not thrilled with No. 89 but was sure it wouldn’t be an issue.Fast forward to spring of 1971 and graduation was coming up and war was still going...
by | Aug 3, 2012 | Stories
We listened to the lottery results on my roommate’s radio in his car that night. I got No. 200 and he had over 300. With that number, everything was still up in the air for me–I did not know where I stood. I was then a junior at UNC, Chapel Hill. In my...
by | Aug 1, 2012 | Stories
I had filed with the local draft board all the documentation needed (I thought) to be classified as a conscientious objector. Although there was plenty of background information and references, they never ruled on it. I did then get a notice to go...
by | Jul 27, 2012 | Stories
When I was eighteen, during my first semester at UK, I registered for the draft like everyone else. Within six months, I petitioned the draft board to have my draft status changed to I-O, conscientious objector, based on my religious beliefs generally and...
