by | Dec 12, 2009 | Stories
I still remember what I was doing on the date the draft lottery I was involved in was drawn on 2 February 1972. I had attended a high school basketball game. My team won, but I can’t remember the score. I walked home in snow from the basketball...
by | Dec 10, 2009 | Stories
I was a student at NC State University and was concerned that I was going to be drafted so I joined the Army Reserve and was on active duty when the lottery occurred. My number was 352 which meant that I would never have been drafted. Of course I could not have known...
by | Dec 6, 2009 | Stories
I grew up on a farm in the small town of Carlock, Illinois. I told my Dad if he would buy a radio for the tractor, I would plow all night, plus I could listen to the draft lottery. I plowed for about an hour when the lottery was starting, then chickened...
by | Dec 5, 2009 | Stories
I was in Bragaw dorm at NCSU with my other suite mates listening to the lottery draw. My birthday was May 11th which forever branded me with the scarlet number 38 on my chest. The rest of the evening was spent finishing off a half...
by | Dec 1, 2009 | Stories
I was a college undergraduate at the time of the first lottery and after drawing No. 38 I was able to defer induction until I graduated. I was drafted in late 1971. After Basic Training and being trained as a combat medic at Fort Sam Houston, Texas I was...
by | Dec 1, 2009 | Stories
I was a silent Vietnam war protestor. With my low number I was resigned to the fact I’d be toting a rifle in the Vietnam rice paddies in 1970. When I was required to report in the Spring of 1970 for the induction physical at my draft board in...
