The 1969 Draft Lottery

The 1969 Draft Lottery 1969 vietnam draft lottery bq The 1969 Vietnam draft lottery assigned numbers to birth dates in order to determine which young men would be called to fight in Vietnam 1969 draft lottery numbers 1969 The draft lottery They put the 366 possible days of the year in transparent plastic eggs, one each for each possible birthday The put them all into a

1969 draft lottery numbers This is far from the truth as only 25% volunteered for service almost 75% were drafted The actual reverse happened during Vietnam The anti-

1969 draft lottery On December 1, 1969, the United States held its first draft lottery, which gave young men a random number corresponding to their birthdays  Draft lottery Representative Alexander Pirnie drawing the first number On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service System of the United States