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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1221737" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>GreyBeard stated:</p><p></p><p><em>Sure the draft was in effect in 68. But not everyone got drafted not even close. Everyone had to register with selective service when they turned 18, just like they still do today, and once the selective service gets your form, they assigned you a number, and mailed you a little card with your name, address, date of birth and a selective service number. <u>The draft was by lottery</u>. <u>They drew numbers every month</u>--they pick your number, they sent you a notice and you go report to the nearest draft board or induction center--if they didn't draw your #, you didn't have to go. When you hear people speak of burning their 'draft card' they are actually talking about their selective service card. Since we don't have an actual draft anymore, but do still keep a selective service roster, I don't know if they actually send out the cards anymore--just keep the databank somewhere in case the draft does have to suddenly be re-initiated. </em></p><p></p><p>GB: I want to correct a couple mis-statements/omissions. The draft was not by lottery until 1970 for men born from 1944 to 1950. I was born August 13, 1950. The year I turned 18, I registered with selective service. <strong>At that time the lottery was not in effect</strong>. I received a selective service card with a number but it was not the lottery number. I applied for and received a "college deferment". That was an annual requirement. In the words of Wikipedia:</p><p></p><p><em>On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service System of the United States conducted two lotteries to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from 1944 to 1950.</em></p><p></p><p>The lottery was based on the date of birth. <strong>They did not draw numbers every month</strong>. They were drawn once for each age group. My age group was in the first lottery drawn on December 1, 1969. I kept my number forever. My number was 307. Whatever number your birthday was drawn on, was your number forever. They took the numbers in succession beginning with the lowest number first. For example, <em>The first number drawn was 258 (September 14), so all registrants with that birthday were assigned lottery number 1</em>, they were the first to go. They never got above the number 195 in my lottery group which was the first "lottery" group.</p><p></p><p>Again from Wikipedia:</p><p></p><p><em>The days of the year (including February 29) were represented by the numbers 1 through 366 written on slips of paper. The slips were placed in separate plastic capsules that were mixed in a shoebox and then dumped into a deep glass jar. Capsules were drawn from the jar one at a time.</em></p><p></p><p>I have my original selective service card which pre-dates the "lottery" and I have my lottery number notification. I wanted to find them this morning but was not able to.</p><p></p><p>GreyBeard, check me on this:</p><p>I remember this but to check; Google <strong>Draft lottery (1969) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</strong></p><p></p><p>To check the numbers assigned for each date of birth, here it is:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/information-about-the-vietnam-era-draft/the-results-of-the-first-draft-lottery-dec-1-1969/" target="_blank">http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blo ... ec-1-1969/</a></p><p></p><p>PS: Sorry for all the edits. I had some mistakes too. Plus, I could not get the URL for the first reference to work so to pull up that article in Wikipedia, you must google it. It is a good account of the history of the Viet Nam lottery system. BTW: GB, you did a good job but it is significant to recognize that from 1964 to 1970, there was no lottery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1221737, member: 17767"] GreyBeard stated: [i]Sure the draft was in effect in 68. But not everyone got drafted not even close. Everyone had to register with selective service when they turned 18, just like they still do today, and once the selective service gets your form, they assigned you a number, and mailed you a little card with your name, address, date of birth and a selective service number. [u]The draft was by lottery[/u]. [u]They drew numbers every month[/u]--they pick your number, they sent you a notice and you go report to the nearest draft board or induction center--if they didn't draw your #, you didn't have to go. When you hear people speak of burning their 'draft card' they are actually talking about their selective service card. Since we don't have an actual draft anymore, but do still keep a selective service roster, I don't know if they actually send out the cards anymore--just keep the databank somewhere in case the draft does have to suddenly be re-initiated. [/i] GB: I want to correct a couple mis-statements/omissions. The draft was not by lottery until 1970 for men born from 1944 to 1950. I was born August 13, 1950. The year I turned 18, I registered with selective service. [b]At that time the lottery was not in effect[/b]. I received a selective service card with a number but it was not the lottery number. I applied for and received a "college deferment". That was an annual requirement. In the words of Wikipedia: [i]On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service System of the United States conducted two lotteries to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from 1944 to 1950.[/i] The lottery was based on the date of birth. [b]They did not draw numbers every month[/b]. They were drawn once for each age group. My age group was in the first lottery drawn on December 1, 1969. I kept my number forever. My number was 307. Whatever number your birthday was drawn on, was your number forever. They took the numbers in succession beginning with the lowest number first. For example, [i]The first number drawn was 258 (September 14), so all registrants with that birthday were assigned lottery number 1[/i], they were the first to go. They never got above the number 195 in my lottery group which was the first "lottery" group. Again from Wikipedia: [i]The days of the year (including February 29) were represented by the numbers 1 through 366 written on slips of paper. The slips were placed in separate plastic capsules that were mixed in a shoebox and then dumped into a deep glass jar. Capsules were drawn from the jar one at a time.[/i] I have my original selective service card which pre-dates the "lottery" and I have my lottery number notification. I wanted to find them this morning but was not able to. GreyBeard, check me on this: I remember this but to check; Google [b]Draft lottery (1969) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/b] To check the numbers assigned for each date of birth, here it is: [url=http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/information-about-the-vietnam-era-draft/the-results-of-the-first-draft-lottery-dec-1-1969/]http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blo ... ec-1-1969/[/url] PS: Sorry for all the edits. I had some mistakes too. Plus, I could not get the URL for the first reference to work so to pull up that article in Wikipedia, you must google it. It is a good account of the history of the Viet Nam lottery system. BTW: GB, you did a good job but it is significant to recognize that from 1964 to 1970, there was no lottery. [/QUOTE]
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