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...
by | Nov 29, 2009 | Stories
At the time of the lottery I was a Sigma Chi pledge (Delta Epsilon Chapter), NC State University, and did not have the luxury of listening to any of the details on the evening of December 1st, but that was of no real consequence to me. Having watched the nightly...
by | Nov 27, 2009 | Stories
I was 18 years old. I had flunked out of college my first year. I had no job. I felt I was going to be drafted as soon as I turned 19, regardless of the lottery. I joined the US Army before I turned 19. I was in basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky when my mother...
