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mym1a · 02-20-2008, 11:41 PM

i'll be 54 in aug. if i'm not mistaken I believe they changed the draft age from 18 to 19 in 1972 and I believe the draft ended in 73? I could be wrong it has been almost 36 years ago? being that I graduated high school in the summer of 72 at age 17 i was only 2 months away from being eligible. all through our senior year a bunch us of thought we were heading there like our friends that were older then us.most of our fathers were either korean or wwII vets and the thought of us running to canada was to shameful to even think of and accepted our fate! lucky for us when we graduated they changed the age and then the following year they ended the draft. I recall my lottery number being no 2 at the time they changed the age to 19?? it's been a long time?????????I'm not even sure if drafties in 72 went to vietnam???????????

02-20-2008, 11:41 PM	#16
mym1a Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,296	i'll be 54 in aug. if i'm not mistaken I believe they changed the draft age from 18 to 19 in 1972 and I believe the draft ended in 73? I could be wrong it has been almost 36 years ago? being that I graduated high school in the summer of 72 at age 17 i was only 2 months away from being eligible. all through our senior year a bunch us of thought we were heading there like our friends that were older then us.most of our fathers were either korean or wwII vets and the thought of us running to canada was to shameful to even think of and accepted our fate! lucky for us when we graduated they changed the age and then the following year they ended the draft. I recall my lottery number being no 2 at the time they changed the age to 19?? it's been a long time?????????I'm not even sure if drafties in 72 went to vietnam??????????? Last edited by mym1a; 02-20-2008 at 11:53 PM.