by | Aug 2, 2010 | Stories
I was long conflicted about the Vietnam War. My father was a career naval officer and was actually stationed off the battle coast while I was going to Duke, class of 1970. At school I inevitably concluded that the Viet Cong were at least as legitimate a voice of...
by | Aug 2, 2010 | Stories
This was the first draft and a bunch of us had gone to Greensboro to see a Duke basketball game. We took a large portable radio (they were all large back then) so we could listen to the results. The drawing began during the freshman game (they had freshmen...
by | Aug 1, 2010 | Stories
I remember sitting around the television at the Theta Chi House at Duke. Everyone was on edge. What numbers would we have and what did they mean? How far down the list would they go? As far as we knew, they might get very far since the war was...
by | Aug 1, 2010 | Stories
I was a freshman at the University of Colorado in 1963, when a close friend in the dorm flunked out at the end of the first semester. He joined the Marines and was killed in Viet Nam, all before I finished my freshman year. By the time I finished my Junior year in...
by | Aug 1, 2010 | Stories
I’m glad to see someone remembers the lottery. It was a big deal at the time, especially the first one in 1969.I was a 1st-year graduate student at Duke. The lottery was in December. Evenings I would be studying in a room I shared with 4-6 other physics students...
by | Jul 27, 2010 | Stories
I received my draft notice while I was a Sophomore at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Il. I got a deferment for one year with a letter from the Dean of Students. When my year ended, I was informed that I had to go without further discussion...
