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...
by | Jul 22, 2012 | Stories
I was a senior at Transylvania University in Lexington in 1969 when the first draft lottery was held. All of our fraternity watched the drawing on TV. I remember that two brothers sitting next to each other got No. 1 and No. 366.I had No. 111 and I knew that my...
by | Jul 15, 2012 | Stories
I started on a Design Apprenticeship at GE Jet engine division in October, 1968. While on this program I still had a II-S student deferment After the 1969 lottery with 19 as a lucky number, I wasn’t really big on the idea of...
by | Jul 10, 2012 | Stories
I remember not staying up for the lottery and going to bed instead. I felt that my student deferment was still going to take care of me for the next three years. I was living in a dorm at UK. The next morning my next door neighbor was pounding on...
by | Jul 9, 2012 | Stories
We were all gathered in the TV room of Kirwan Tower on the University of Kentucky campus to watch the draft lottery. A roommate drew a number in the low 30s, and soon joined ROTC to stay at UK. My number was 171, right in the middle range. At the time I was a writer...
