by | Feb 11, 2012 | Stories
I was in the midst of my final year at UK with graduation coming in May. The war was escalating and yet there was very little anti-war sentiment on the campus at that time, much different from places like Madison, Wisconsin. Nonetheless, I was quite anxious, but...
by | Feb 10, 2012 | Stories
The night of the draft lottery in December ’69 is etched in my memory. My family and I knew that the drawing could immediately determine the course of my life, including the possibility of losing it on a battle field in Viet Nam,...
by | Feb 10, 2012 | Stories
I remember sitting in my parents family room listening to what my future would be on WRFK public radio in Richmond Va. I had always felt lucky and I was sure that day would be no different. When my birthday was pulled at No. 85, well I lost my mind. The next thing I...
by | Jan 28, 2012 | Stories
I grew up in Maysville KY, son of a family practice physician, who graduated from UK in 1942 and went to UL Medical School through the US Army in a three year program with only 2 weeks vacation each summer. My Dad had told my brother and me that we would serve...
by | Jan 25, 2012 | Stories
I had been ‘drafted’ a year earlier in 1968 as I completed my senior year of college. I had gotten married that summer, and was immediately ‘greeted’ for a chance at exotic travel and adventure (in Vietnam). My new wife started...
by | Jan 17, 2012 | Stories
To me, this is an interesting project. I either never knew or had long forgotten my lottery number. Maybe I should have paid more attention to the lottery, given that I apparently escaped the draft by the skin of my teeth.As an engineering student at the...
