by | Mar 23, 2012 | Stories
The prospect of being called to Viet Nam was a sobering one. Like many of my colleagues, I felt the war was a waste of lives with no legitimate goal in sight, and I felt genuine sorrow for those who were called. I was fortunate to have a student deferment,...
by | Mar 22, 2012 | Stories
John and I met in a summer school class at UK during the summer of 1969. John was finishing his studies at UK and had been accepted into the Peace Corps program. Although John was scheduled to leave for his Peace Corps assignment in Liberia, we began a...
by | Mar 22, 2012 | Stories
I received my lottery number of 184 from the first lottery drawing in 1969, but I had a deferment since I was then a full-time student at the University of Kentucky, where I played football. When I graduated in ’71, I lost my...
by | Mar 14, 2012 | Stories
I remember how I felt when I first heard about a draft lottery. I had never been very lucky in my life. In fact I don’t ever recall winning anything before the lottery came into existence. When the magical night came to pass, me and several of...
by | Mar 7, 2012 | Stories
I remember watching the lottery broadcast in my apartment with Ron, one of my best friends from college. This was the first year that we lived off campus, in efficiency apartments at Midtowne Terrace. The previous summer the two of us had even gone...
by | Mar 6, 2012 | Stories
I was sitting in the Engineering building, alone, next to a wall, doing homework. The lottery was being broadcast on TV and I was watching when my birthday and number were called. I had heard them say that probably no one with a...
