[AT] OT Draft Exemption Exam

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In 1970 I got draft #316.  We were told that up to 100 would be drafted; 100-150 might be drafted; over 150 had nothing to worry about.  I went on to college, graduate school, then voluntarily went in as a Chaplain after I was ordained; never looked back.  

 

Dave Gerber

 

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In that 1969 lottery, my birthday was drawn #7.  Just before I graduated from college in May 1969, I got my 1A classification. I was never called in even for a physical.  My dad was so important—— not.  On the bottom of that form, someone had hand written “please appeal.” which I did.  Two other guys from my county in the same situation got the same message.  When we all appealed, we were asked what our future plans were. We all said we had signed contracts to teach, and we all were IIA for the duration.  Apparently there were enough volunteers from the county so that the draft board didn’t need to conscript anyone.


On Jan 20, 2020, at 4:36 PM, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com <mailto:robinson46176 at gmail.com> > wrote:

My employer kept me out of Vietnam in the mid 1960's but I didn't know about it until I was told by someone later. Then when they did the lotteries in I think 1969 I was just barely too old to be included. I was born in 1942 but the lottery draws started including those born in about 1943 / 44 I believe.

I had some friends who went and some co workers who went. Some didn't come back... Most who came back were changed forever... One co worker enlisted after his younger brother was killed. I never heard anything of him again. I know nothing of his fate. I know that he had a wife and very young child.

A friend had gone and came back about 1968 or so and we were best friends for about 45 years. Our kids grew up together and we were all together constantly. Still he almost never talked about his time there. On very rare occasions when it was just he and I he would talk a bit. I never pushed him. I did learn that his job was to sneak way out into the hills and call in target locations, "forward spotter"? I forget. I do remember him once saying that if he had been there 100 years that he would never have gotten used to waking up to machine gun fire... He has been gone about 5 or 6 years now I guess. As you get older time gets fuzzy... Diana and I currently board a horse for one of his daughters.

 

 

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On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 4:39 PM <bradloomis at charter.net <mailto:bradloomis at charter.net> > wrote:

As was my father. 1 class short of dual engineering degrees in 4 years at NC State, civil and mechanical. He spent the war developing sound tracking torpedoes for the Navy, spending time at sea.  As an engineer, not in uniform. He would have been in his 30s. Sadly polio killed him four months before I was born in 52. 
Brad

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My dad was called up for WII, but didn’t serve. His boss made an argument that he was un-replaceable at his job and they needed him above everybody else. He was deferred from serving.



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