by | Jun 17, 2010 | Stories
The lottery certainly complicated my life. I was a senior at UNC, in love, and wanting to get married. However, the uncertainty of the lottery and draft caused us to postpone our plans. When the lottery came along, and my number was relatively low, I...
by | Jun 13, 2010 | Stories
I recall much conversation in 1969 amongst my peers regarding the upcoming draft lottery and our imminent loss of college deferment status. Various options, including migration to Canada were discussed. Two friends and I went so far as to make a week-long...
by | Jun 13, 2010 | Stories
When I was a junior at Chapel Hill, I had already lost one high school friend who joined the Marines, stormed a machine gun nest somewhere in Vietnam, and was ripped open. By then the Marines were drafting and I knew the possibilities were growing that I too would be...
by | Jun 13, 2010 | Stories
In 1969, I enrolled in graduate school for a MA and PhD. I also went for a draft physical in the spring of 1970. I received a I-Y status due to damage of the left wrist from two previous fractures. This allowed me to complete my MA and PhD during the Vietnam war...
by | Jun 11, 2010 | Stories
In the spring of my senior year at the University of North Carolina (1969) I decided that I should resist the war and the draft and returned my draft card. At that point I do not recall that I even knew of the lottery. After graduation I entered the...
by | Jun 6, 2010 | Stories
I was still at Carolina, in law school, and at my old fraternity house the night of the lottery (Pi Lambda Phi). We had a pool, for a few dollars each, that was there for the guy with the lowest number. No. 26, I think it was, and he got the money "to buy a...
