by | Jan 14, 2012 | Stories
I was a student at the University of Kentucky when the draft occurred. My best friend, Dick Hitt, got the lottery number 2. He went right out and enlisted in the Air Force. He spent 6 months at Lackland Airforce base in Texas, and 3 and one-half years in Hawaii. No...
by | Jan 3, 2012 | Stories
I recall sitting around with my fraternity brothers listening to the balls being drawn in December 1969. It seems like a distant memory. My number came up quite early although it was not the first one drawn within my peer group. It was a strange...
by | Dec 19, 2011 | Stories
My story is much like many draft age men in December 1969. I was a 5th year Architectural Senior, recently married, and living in an off-campus non-UK apartment on North Main Street in Lexington. Since architecture was a five year program, I needed a...
by | Dec 16, 2011 | Stories
I enlisted in the Navy the summer of 1968 following high school graduation. I didn’t go to boot camp until January 1969 and was stationed at Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla when the draft lottery was held. I felt relieved I was in the Navy and not a grunt in...
by | Dec 15, 2011 | Stories
I had a student deferment up until May 1970, when I failed the the pre-induction physical due to an ear infection. I was retested in November and passed. I got my I-A classification in December 1970 after the December call had already been...
by | Dec 14, 2011 | Stories
I entered college at UK as a freshman in 1966. I was in the ROTC program, which meant I had a I-A draft classification–no student deferral. When the lottery drawing took place my number was 250. My draft board said they would probably not go over 115. As...
