by | Sep 3, 2009 | Stories
I recall that the lottery was held when I was a camp counselor between my freshman and sophomore years at Univ. of Calif. at Santa Barbara. All the males on the camp staff had logged their birth dates with the camp administrative staff. When...
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...
