by | Aug 31, 2009 | Stories
When I finished my BA at UCLA in the winter quarter of 1970, my draft status was immediately changed to I-A. With the low number in the lottery, I was not surprised to receive a notice to appear for a pre-induction evaluation at a federal building somewhere...
by | Aug 31, 2009 | Stories
The years 1968 and 1969 produced a great deal of anxiety for my wife and for me. During 1969 I passed my physical, was classified I-A and held a student deferment to complete my Master’s degree in medical entomology. I thought the war made no...
by | Aug 31, 2009 | Stories
My number was 324 but the lottery was a non-event for me. I left home for NC State planning to enroll in ROTC and to become an officer in military aviation. My uncle was a Tuskeegee Airman and this was my dream from early...
by | Aug 31, 2009 | Stories
I recall the significance of that night. I was watching in my fraternity house at North Carolina State. There was a strange irony after the lottery was over that many of us were drinking beer, some because they were celebrating in relief and the others to...
by | Aug 26, 2009 | Stories
I was already in medical school at the time of the draft lottery, having entered in the fall of 1968. There was a special "Doctor Draft" that drafted all doctors after one year of internship into the military as General Medical Officers. Introduction...
by | Aug 26, 2009 | Stories
I had applied for and was granted a classification 1-A-0 which was a concientious objector opposed to taking human life, but not opposed to a Nation’s right to raise up an Army. Three funny things happened: the Marines wanted me, but they couldn’t accept a...
