by | Jul 21, 2010 | Stories
Number 43! THAT was terrible news. And I was stunned. What would I do? At the time I was an anti-Vietnam War organizer, a protestor who had been jailed. I had a strong commitment which since then, thankfully, has never wavered, even...
by | Jul 15, 2010 | Stories
I was sitting pretty in March 1969. Had a full scholarship offer to Oceanographic School at FSU after I finished at Duke. My planned marriage in June would give me a draft deferment. Then the bottom fell out: no more marriage deferments, or grad school either.My dad...
by | Jul 13, 2010 | Stories
In my senior year at Duke I drew No. 70. So I chose to join the NC National Guard (6 year enlistment). I was told to be ready to go to basic training in January, 1970. Duke would not refund tuition for this voluntary obligation that took me out of school,...
by | Jul 13, 2010 | Stories
I was born in 1948 and I recall being subject to the first draft lottery. For me, however, it was not relevant. I had previously received a IV-F classification (unfit for service) from the Omaha draft board based on a letter from my doctor. I had and...
by | Jul 12, 2010 | Stories
Senior year at Duke, for some reason the local TV stations weren’t going to broadcast the lottery from the start. So we listened live on the Duke radio station for the first 30 minutes, until TV coverage started. They got to about No. 65 by then. I was...
by | Jul 9, 2010 | Stories
I grew up as a military brat. At the height of the Vietnam war my dad was Surgeon for the 5th Air Force, based at Fuchu Air Station just outside of Tokyo. He was responsible for all AF hospitals along the Pacific rim: Okinawa (then still under U.S.occupation), the...
