by | Mar 4, 2012 | Stories
I was dating a young lady in one of the sororities and was in the AGD house on the night of the lottery. I heard my draft number come over the radio as the girls had the radio on and it played into the intercom system. My number was 357. I was...
by | Feb 27, 2012 | Stories
My student deferment ran out in 1970, when I was immediatly classified I-A and received instructions to report for an induction physical. I went immediatly to the Army enlistment office and signed on for a program called Warrant Officer Flight. I...
by | Feb 27, 2012 | Stories
My part of the story starts in Chicago although my heart was in Kentucky. The lottery occurred two days after I married the love of my life. I was in my fraternity house at Northwestern and my wife was in the dorm at Kentucky. We had not talked about...
by | Feb 26, 2012 | Stories
My deferrment as a UK student was up in May of 1971 and I received a "Greetings" letter from the draft board about a week prior to the end of that semester. I had to report to their office in Lexington early one morning and board a bus with about 40...
by | Feb 26, 2012 | Stories
I was enrolled in ROTC at Kentucky, getting ready to sign up for the advanced program with a 6 year active duty commitment. I sure could use the $50 a month it would pay me during my junior and senior years! I figured I was going into the military as...
by | Feb 25, 2012 | Stories
I remember very clearly the night of the first lottery. I was out drinking beer with a few friends and when I arrived back to my apartment my mother called and told me that my number was 362. She was very excited that I would not have to go to the...
