by | Sep 23, 2009 | Stories
I was in my senior year of college when they held the draft lottery. For many of us, the lottery and the elimination of some draft deferments turned life into a strange game of chance. I eventually got drafted, and the skills I learned in the Army helped me get...
by | Sep 9, 2009 | Stories
The draft lottery was a time of anxiety and a time of personal introspection. With all the anti-war sentiment around us and my desire to complete my engineering degree (I was a sophomore), I kept asking the question, "What effect is this...
by | Sep 8, 2009 | Stories
Got my draft number and was not happy. The year before, the lottery had gone up to 212. I got a consultation with a "draft lawyer" who suggested that I apply for a medical exam. This was based on the fact that by the time I was 18 years old I already had...
by | Sep 7, 2009 | Stories
I was a junior at NC State living with a couple of classmates in an apartment off campus on the night of the fateful first lottery. Two of us got low numbers and the third guy lucked out with a number over 200. The guy with the other low number was already...
by | Sep 5, 2009 | Stories
As an ROTC cadet, we were signing the paperwork for entering the Air Force as an officer upon graduation or enlisted if you dropped out of school. As we started to sign, someone said "let’s go around the room and say our lottery numbers." Most were...
by | Sep 4, 2009 | Stories
I was involved in the very first lottery in 1969. I was a sophomore at North Carolina State University, single, and prime for the draft. I was not an avid supporter of the Vietnam war, but was not a draft dodger either. Had I been drafted I would...
