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...
by | Jul 27, 2010 | Stories
My story is perhaps a little different, as I was a USMC Reserve Recruiter for central NC 1965 thru 1967. I enlisted in the Marines in 1963, pre-Vietnam, and re-enlisted in 1965 when Johnson extended all of us when he landed the Marines at Da Nang. I put in for...
by | Jul 25, 2010 | Stories
The draft stories rang a bell for me. As Pi Kap social chairman in December 1969, I had the bright idea for us to put up $10 apiece to watch the lottery in the tube room. Half the money bought a keg of beer and the other half was designated for the low number. Who...
