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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
