by | Mar 22, 2010 | Stories
The draft lottery changed my life. In 1969 I graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and took a teaching job, mainly because it offered an occupational deferral. But teaching was not my ambition and I needed some career focus. The draft lottery gave me the...
by | Mar 21, 2010 | Stories
Monday, 1 December 1969 – How could I ever forget that date as I turned 19 that very day. I was hoping that the draw would be at twelve noon which I figured would make me not technically eligible. BUT, it had to be during primetime.I knew I was...
by | Mar 21, 2010 | Stories
When I graduated from UNC in 1969, I had a draft classification of I-A. My father was a manufacturers representative and was responsible for business in the Southeast. He was suffering from complications with diabetes and was physically unable to drive and transact...
by | Mar 19, 2010 | Stories
It had to be July or August of 1971. On number day, I was at work. My mother worked second shift at the same company and told me my number. She was none too happy. Since I was not too serious about school at the time, I decided to join the...
by | Mar 19, 2010 | Stories
I graduated from UNC in May 1969 without an acceptance to medical school. I figured the chance of being drafted was high, but I was willing to do just about anything to avoid interrupting my pursuit of a medical degree. I underwent an...
by | Mar 14, 2010 | Stories
I had graduated from the University of North Carolina and was attending graduate school at Yale. My birthday is in February and, as is well known, February was extremely over-represented in the early numbers of the first lottery. I remember walking through the Yale...
