Random Destiny: How the Vietnam War Draft Lottery Shaped a

I was in Vietnam when the draft was changed to the lottery Everybody immediately looked up their numbers Those with high numbers had a good

N69 gives the results of the lottery held on December 1, 1969, for men born from 1944 through 1950 The highest lottery number called for this group was 195;

1969 draft lottery numbers September 14 was chosen first, so that date was assigned #1, April 24 was drawn next, assigned #2, and so on Men with draft numbers up to 195 were drafted The

1969 draft lottery 1, 1969 His birth date was 143, and in 1969 people with numbers as high as 195 were drafted from this group, which was composed of men born between Jan