by | Aug 13, 2018 | Stories
I was at a Missouri basketball game when, at halftime, they announced the dates/numbers for the first drawing. I was married and had graduated that spring and immediately started that summer on my MBA. Like many others, I had put my name on the waiting list at...
by | Aug 9, 2018 | Stories
One month after graduation from Mizzou in May 1969 I received my draft notice, ordered to report for induction at the end of September. Two days after my draft notice I got my acceptance letter from the Peace Corps. Had I gotten the Peace Corps letter before my draft...
by | Aug 2, 2018 | Stories
I was near the end of my undergraduate degree and remember seeing groups of 10-15 men huddled around radios in the Missouri University Student Commons. I heard my birthdate and lottery No. 70 announced, which elicited groans around the room vs. the many cheers when...
by | Jul 27, 2018 | Stories
The draft was in effect from the beginning of the war, years prior to the first lottery in 1969. In my 1965 Air Academy high school graduating class at the Air Force Academy, of the 75 males, 12 received appointments either to the Air Force Academy, West Point, or...
by | Jul 26, 2018 | Stories
Graduated Spring of 1969. Was drafted 3 times in the summer of 69. The last time I was drafted had already enlisted in the Army Security Agency. 1969 was a summer of confusion, it was the time of the draft reductions. I had signed up for Naval flight school but the...
by | Jul 23, 2018 | Stories
I graduated medical school in 1969 and became immediately eligible for the draft, months before the first lottery. I was accepted for a fine residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in surgery. However the position was contingent on me having some type of...
