by | Sep 26, 2009 | Stories
Oh man! My number is 190, and the cut-off lottery number will be 180-200. Should I enlist in the navy or AF and apply to officer candidate school? Or risk being a army pvt. destined for the jungles of Vietnam? So, I go down to the AF recruiting office where I’m...
by | Sep 25, 2009 | Stories
We were a tight group that lived as dorm rats at Bragaw Hall on the N.C. State University campus. We ate together, played together, and dated together. And we were very competitive. We competed at every level whether we went bowling or were shooting hoops or were...
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...
