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The Vietnam Draft Lottery
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:09 pm
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Many of you have seen this but some have not. It’s almost surreal to think about now. Even the video quality has a sterile, Twilight Zone feel to it. I was born on December 30, which was the third picked date. Fortunately, I was not born until 1970. I can’t imagine the anxiety for the teenagers and their families.
This should be required watching in HS today. It’s very sobering.
Many of you have seen this but some have not. It’s almost surreal to think about now. Even the video quality has a sterile, Twilight Zone feel to it. I was born on December 30, which was the third picked date. Fortunately, I was not born until 1970. I can’t imagine the anxiety for the teenagers and their families.
This should be required watching in HS today. It’s very sobering.
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Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:11 pm to Bamafig
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:11 pm to Bamafig
I would have been in the clear every year.
This post was edited on 6/7/26 at 10:12 pm
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:13 pm to Bamafig
I would have been drafted well late into it, but our camp is deep in the woods. They wouldn’t have been able to find me.
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:35 pm to beerJeep
I would have been drafted 1970.I joined the Navy Sept.1968 when I was 17,when to bootcamp in Jan.1969 after I turned 18.
I was kinda lost,headed for trouble but I wanted no part of the Army.
Joining the Navy was one of the best things I ever did,set me on the path to a successful life.
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I was kinda lost,headed for trouble but I wanted no part of the Army.
Joining the Navy was one of the best things I ever did,set me on the path to a successful life.
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Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:39 pm to Bamafig
quote:I know a guy who's so stupid he buys tickets for this
The Vietnam Draft Lottery
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:40 pm to DiamondDog
quote:
I would have been in the clear every year.
Leap baby?
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:43 pm to DiamondDog
NOT DRAFTED
Your lottery numbers were never called for service.
Now, had I been born one day later?
DRAFTED
Your lottery number for the year you were drafted was 93. It was assigned on Monday, December 1, 1969. You were drafted in the first draft lottery, in 1970.
Your lottery numbers were never called for service.
Now, had I been born one day later?
DRAFTED
Your lottery number for the year you were drafted was 93. It was assigned on Monday, December 1, 1969. You were drafted in the first draft lottery, in 1970.
This post was edited on 6/7/26 at 10:46 pm
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:46 pm to Bamafig
The whole "go to college or you won't be worth a shite" came from that. Boomers ingrained it into their gX children and it has perpetuated. College was a 4 year escape from the draft, and the academic people of the colleges knew this and tied to rescue as many as they could.
My father did 4 years of college, but the war wasn't over so he joined the army reserves.
Anything to not go to vietnam.
The bright side is I have USAA now.
My father did 4 years of college, but the war wasn't over so he joined the army reserves.
Anything to not go to vietnam.
The bright side is I have USAA now.
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:46 pm to Bamafig
Equal rights, what?
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:47 pm to Bamafig
Nixon said "frick this, we're ending it"
But Nixon is a bad guy and such.
But Nixon is a bad guy and such.
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:50 pm to deeprig9
quote:
Nixon said "frick this, we're ending it"
But Nixon is a bad guy and such.
Ignore Afghanistan, for sure.
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:55 pm to Bamafig
I would have been drafted. Doh!
Posted on 6/7/26 at 10:59 pm to Bamafig
My father in law was drafted almost right after high school. He was 18 fighting in infantry unit in the Mekong Delta. His only crime was not attending college so he was shipped off. If they made the draft mandatory for college students the war would have been finished a lot sooner. Too many deferments allowed.
Posted on 6/7/26 at 11:44 pm to Bamafig
12/1/1969. Fortuitously, I was born in 71.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 1:52 am to Bamafig
George W Bush didn’t have to worry about being Drafted. He was in the Texas Air National Guard. If the Ho Chi Minh trail came to El Paso he would have been able to help us.
This post was edited on 6/8/26 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:24 am to Bamafig
My dad got a draft notice very next day he joined the USAF.
Spent time overseas but not in a jungle
Grandfather was in USMC in WWII I found a photo of him, my grandmother, and another couple in a bar with beers and lucky strikes on the table
Spent time overseas but not in a jungle
Grandfather was in USMC in WWII I found a photo of him, my grandmother, and another couple in a bar with beers and lucky strikes on the table
This post was edited on 6/8/26 at 2:26 am
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:51 am to beerJeep
Mine showed never drafted, whew!
Posted on 6/8/26 at 3:03 am to Bamafig
My dad was drafted in early 1966. He went in mid 66 and came home in late 68.
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