Monday, September 18, 2017

Draft Number

From USA Today:
"Would Your Draft Number Have Been Called?"


On Dec. 1, 1969 the United States held its first draft lottery, which gave young men a random number corresponding to their birthdays. Men with lower numbers were called first and told to report to induction centers where they could be ordered into active and duty and possibly sent to the Vietnam War.

If you had been born in 1950, what would your draft number have been? Enter your birthday to find out.


^ This is really interesting (especially for those of us that never lived through it.) I checked my birthday and I wouldn't have been Drafted in 1970.. Before the Draft Lottery in 1969, men had to go to their local Draft Board where they were either given an exemption or Drafted. The Draft Lottery changed things in that only those people whose number was picked had to go to their Draft Board to learn if they got an exemption or had to serve. The US ended the military Draft in 1973 but still requires all men (but not women) to register at 18 for the Selective Service just in case Congress ever brings back the Draft.  Click on the link below to see if you would have been Drafted.  ^

https://www.usatoday.com/vietnam-war/draft-picker

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