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...
by | Mar 9, 2010 | Stories
I had several near misss with the Vietnam situation during my stay at Carolina.The first was in 1966, during my sophomore year. Every male student received mistakenly re-classified draft notices (from II-S to I-A) from the Cumberland County Draft Board on a...
by | Mar 4, 2010 | Stories
I managed to keep a II-S deferment until I graduated college in the summer of 1972. I received my draft notice in October ’72 and immediately applied for the Army National Guard.The Guard could afford, at the time, to be VERY picky about who they allowed...
by | Mar 3, 2010 | Stories
To make my story short, my lottery number was never called. Thus, I did not serve. However, I had other experiences regarding the Vietnam War era, which I will pass on for what they are worth.In the fall 1965, I lived in a graduate dorm at UNC-CH. I...
