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The lottery used by the Selective Service to determine who would be drafted for Vietnam first. In each capsule is a day of the year, determining the order of draftees by their birthday. Washington D.C. 1969.

I got #51 in my draw and they were taking kids up to #192... but the draft ended before they called me up.

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Those are not memories I like to revisit. I enlisted before they could draft me so at least I could pick my MOS. I still had my draft card for years after (even though we were supposed to surrender it) but lost it in a move.

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I quit school and lost my 2S, drew the 51 and got my letter to take the physical, went 1H and got the letter changing that to 1A and don't leave town. That was on a Wednesday. The draft ended on that Friday. The parties went on for a month.

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