Veterans Day 2021

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

Lynn, I was never in the military either. I was drafted in '71 in the first ever lottery, which by the way is the ONLY lottery I've ever "won". After testing my hearing 4 times, they declared I had a severe high frequency hearing loss, that I was completely unaware of, and was unsuitable to send to Vietnam, so classified me as 4F. I've had the ringing in my ears my entire life and thought it was "normal" until then.

Mitch: you and I are obviously about the same age (and we both owned 54 Chevys as our first car).
I was lottery number 72 in 1971 (drawn in 71 but called the 1972 lottery for guys who would turn 19 during 1972). I heard that they called up number 45 just three months in. I didn't even enroll in college, as they were escalating things in Viet Nam, and I fully expected to get drafted. No student deferments. I never got a letter. I had considered going in with a friend on the "buddy plan". He backed out when he drew number 362.

Just curious; what was your lotto number?