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Sunday, October 1, 2017

The Draft Lottery: Where Were You In 1974?

A discussion in a forum thread about who had what lottery number for their birthday for the Selective Service draft got me to re-check mine. This was sparked by the Ken Burns documentary, "The Viet Nam War" on PBS.

For those in my age group (born in 1954), the draft lottery took place on March 8, 1973 for 1974. Fortunately for us, the Viet Nam War was already over for a year and the lottery was held just in case an emergency occurred and draftees were needed.

Here's the 1974 lottery for those born in 1954:




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