Quote from the ARIZONA REPUBLIC from an op ed piece titled THERE'S NO
DODGING YOUR PAST:
"Between 1964 and 1973, the Selective Service says 1,766,910 young
men were drafted into the military. The first year the government
staged a draft "lottery" was 1969. It was on TV Just as the war was on
TV.
For that first lottery, 366 blue plastic capsules containing birth
dates were placed in a large glass jar and drawn by hand. The first
capsule to be removed contained the date Sept 14. It meant that all men
born on Sept 14 between 1944 and 1950 were assigned NO 1. Many were in
high school or just out."
I know that Draft Board members were picked on an "friends and
neighbors" basis. But i do not understand this whole process and how it
came about. Does anyone know a good source for learning about the
details of the Vietnam War Draft? Or does anyone have their own
experience with or on a draft board or in a lottery? cheers, country
joe mcdonald
-- "Ira Furor Brevis Est " - Anger is a brief madness
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country joe's tribute to Florence Nightingale
<http://www.countryjoe.com/nightingale>
Berkeley Vietnam Veterans Memorial
<http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/Links/Comm/vvm>
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