Rams
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So many colors to choose from yet so few stand out
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History that changed many of our lives. Live from Washington, It’s Lottery Night 1969! http://www.historynet.com/live-from-dc-its-lottery-night-1969.htmOne of the few times in my life I won. #38 ??? |
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2016, 05:01:49 AM » |
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Can't remember for sure but I believe I was #35.
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2016, 05:14:19 AM » |
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Top ten finisher in 1972, the last year of the draft.
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2016, 07:16:20 AM » |
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1966 , I think they took half of the town.
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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2016, 07:25:33 AM » |
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348. Was born 1956 so what year lottery?
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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2016, 07:56:19 AM » |
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Having missed the first two chances of "winning", with the numbers 348 and 293, when they pulled my number for a third time ("lucky" number 7) I signed up for the Air Force. That was in December of 1971. First day of service was January 24, 1972.
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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2016, 08:12:58 AM » |
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January '69 got the "friends and neighbors letter", I had just graduated from College. Went from Tulsa to Okla City with 36 of my locals, some I knew, some I had never seen before. Most of us were 21 or so. Went through the induction test and physical. If passed would have gone to VN, army needed folks. Of the 36 only 4 passed, I wasn't one of those thankfully. Doesn't speak well of my fellow locals. We had several that were recovering from broken bones, a couple of different sexual persuasion, to one guy who only needed another year to get divinity degree (he said he would enlist as a padre), another had curvature of the spine, a couple had issues with drugs (lights on but no one at home), and me who issues with the gout.
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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2016, 08:15:08 AM » |
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1969... I'd be born in 2 more years...  |
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2016, 08:25:06 AM » |
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January '69 got the "friends and neighbors letter", I had just graduated from College. Went from Tulsa to Okla City with 36 of my locals, some I knew, some I had never seen before. Most of us were 21 or so. Went through the induction test and physical. If passed would have gone to VN, army needed folks. Of the 36 only 4 passed, I wasn't one of those thankfully. Doesn't speak well of my fellow locals. We had several that were recovering from broken bones, a couple of different sexual persuasion, to one guy who only needed another year to get divinity degree (he said he would enlist as a padre), another had curvature of the spine, a couple had issues with drugs (lights on but no one at home), and me who issues with the gout.
Do you know if that was an average rate of passing the physical ? Lucky for me I missed all the action. Graduated high school '76. |
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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2016, 11:36:31 AM » |
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Number would have been 203 in 1970 but joined USMC when I was 17 in 1969. Recruiter only offer was an all paid vacation to SE Asia and a weapon of my own. Carried an M14 for 6 months then converted over to the Mattel toy gun (M16).
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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2016, 11:48:49 AM » |
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We had a $1 pool going in our dormitory. Low man got the pot and a bus ticket to Montreal; some poor bastard got #1. Everybody got to drinking down in the rec room while watching the results.  |
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« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2016, 01:32:40 PM » |
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Both years of my draft eligibility, I got high 200's low 300's. My first year ('71), my 2S (student deferment) was good. My second year ('72), my 2S only let me finish that semester, then it was off to faraway lands, to meet new and interesting people, and kill them. My #33X saved me from that (though by '72, not many new recruits were going over to RVN. They didn't want any more rookies by then, only guys with experience).
I have some pretty funny stories of friends who got low numbers and proceeded to drink, drug and abuse themselves to pieces for their draft physicals. The guy who was in top physical condition was deferred because of a few planter's warts on his feet. The guy who abused the heck out of himself, and was 35 lbs overweight and took in five Dr letters, they said he looked OK to them, welcome to the Army. My best friend hated college, wanted to go, enlisted, kicked ass in basic and AIT, volunteered for RVN, and they wouldn't send him.... he was really smart and they wanted him to do something else. Made soldier of the year of Ft Hood TX, and was driver for a 3-star name Patton (the original's grandson).
My freshman year ('71), 7 of us were drinking beer and shots and playing poker in my dorm room listening to the radio and the lottery numbers. I got a high number, but it was one of the last ones announced and I was getting nervous (and was already plastered).
The things you remember....
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« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2016, 01:41:05 PM » |
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My number was 31. Was all prepared to go and the war ended. Guy I sat with on the school bus through the years was a year older than me. He went and come home in a body bag.  |
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Rams
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« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2016, 01:44:58 PM » |
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We had a $1 pool going in our dormitory. Low man got the pot and a bus ticket to Montreal; some poor bastard got #1. Everybody got to drinking down in the rec room while watching the results. My hope is, if that "poor bastard" bought that ticket and went to Canada, he stayed there and never returned. He doesn't deserve to live here. |
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« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2016, 03:18:36 PM » |
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I was #20 in the 1972 lottery.
-RP
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« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2016, 06:55:11 PM » |
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By the time I got to that age, the AVF was in full force and the Selective Service was only requiring registration by all eligible males . I did what I was supposed to , did 2 years at Community College, while there started making the contacts to join NROTC when I transferred to KU. Summer between spent 6 wonderful weeks in newport RI doing a catch up of the first two ROTC years (not anything like boot camp).
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« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2016, 07:18:16 PM » |
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I went in when I was seventeen in 1968. I never even registered for the draft.
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« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2016, 09:05:02 PM » |
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I applied for and received my commission in 1983-4, long after the draft was gone. I was 31, as old as you could be to get a direct appointment (not counting drs, dds and chaplains).
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« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2016, 09:28:33 PM » |
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I was recently married and a junior in college. I was in ROTC and was about to sign "the
contract" to enter the army upon graduation, and start training to be a 2nd LT.
That night, we all gathered at my parent's house. I had already prepared myself to serve, following
in my father's footsteps (WW2 vet). I got number 230 and knew I was safe (if I remember, they said no one over 195 had to worry about it). My dad and I talked about it, I asked him what I should do.
He didn't hesitate, "count your blessings", he said.
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