On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service System of the United States conducted two lotteries to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from 1944 to 1950. A long piece about what it was like to be drafted to serve in the US Military during Vietnam can be found here. The author says within a minute after graduating, he changed his status from II-S (student) to I-A (cannon fodder).
What would have happened to you? Click through here to find out if you would have been drafted, based on your birth date.
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