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Old 03-20-2023, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Mlundberg View Post
My number was 14.
The government wasn't using the lottery system when I was draft eligible. In Nov 1965, I received my induction physical notice for an exam in December and being a healthy 18 year old, I passed. In early Jan 1966 I went to the draft board office in town and asked the person in charge when I could expect my notice. She asked me when do I turn 19 and I said in August and she said that is when I would get drafted.

I couldn't get a good paying job because I wasn't rated 4F (half dead physically), or in the National Guard, and didn't have the money or parental support to go to college so I enlisted. Retired after 20 years and some months.