by | May 5, 2010 | Stories
I went to college at UNC in 1965 immediately following high school and thus was granted an education deferral until I approached graduation in 1969. In the spring of 1969, before I had even graduated, I was called to get a preinduction...
by | May 3, 2010 | Stories
In the fall of 1965, when I entered UNC as a freshman, I was a Goldwater conservative. I basically accepted and spouted the politics of my small-town upbringing. I joined the Young Republican Club and the Air Force ROTC at Carolina. But the anti-war spirit at Carolina...
by | May 3, 2010 | Stories
I was No. 119 in the lottery, and my best friend was No. 122. In its December 10th meeting the local draft board called numbers through 110 and announced that anyone with numbers up to about 125 should be prepared to be called by year-end. So we knew we...
by | May 3, 2010 | Stories
I was classified as I-A because I took a semester off to work. When I got back to Carolina, I was still I-A because my student deferment had not yet been reinstated. I was called up and went for a physical somewhere—I can’t remember where...
by | May 2, 2010 | Stories
While my draft number was not particularly high, I was destined to be a public school teacher anyway. In 1969 there was a teacher shortage and deferments were given. I was momentarily reclassified 1-A after my first year as a teacher, but the school...
by | Apr 29, 2010 | Stories
My lottery story is really not a lottery story at all, but one of irony and bad timing. My birthday came up No. 363, so it would seem that I was not going to be drafted. Technically, that is true. The technicality is that I had entered active duty in the US Army...
