What's your draft number?
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/the.draft/
In the comment section, list your draft number and tell me what you would have done in light of today's class discussions on the draft.
posted by Mr. Carlisle at 7:37 AM
24 Comments:
Wow i got 145, i would have defiently been drafted...yikes.
If i ever get drafted im going to canada or mexico...maybe singapore, i have family friends there, hmmmm.
Very cool article, its like it was random thats pretty scary.
See you next week.
Also i realized i forgot to do the essay in psychology, i can do it anytime on monday.
4:12 PM
haha my number was 348. i wouldn't have got sent over, but since i'm not exactly college material i probably would have tried to get a job. and if that didn't work out i'd volunteer to go over.
5:13 PM
Brad,
I think you're college material. Don't sell yourself short. When you're in class I find your work to be really strong.
Adrienne,
You commie!
5:51 PM
243, i wouldn't of been drafted but if i was i would go to canada with my grandfather haha. my dad's draft number was about the same as mine and my grandpa took him out for a drink when he was 18 because he was so happy he didn't have to go. he said that only people with the number 50 or below were drafted at MSU.
12:10 AM
Oh wooowww...
I would've definately gotten sent out.
I got 092.
That's cool too.... I'd probably end up volunteering.. and try to get into the Navy or Army.
6:37 AM
Jess,
What year did your father receive that draft number?
Roxanne,
Very brave of you.
8:33 AM
Thank god I was bornon the 16th, if I was born a day earlier, or a day later I would have been drafted.
Matt (my brother) would have been drafted too
12:28 PM
his draft lottery was in 72' for the 73' draft for people who were born in 1953. he also mentioned the anti-war riots he participated in...and that he didn't get beat up THAT bad
12:19 AM
My draft # would have been 332 so I wouldn't have been drafted. Even so i would probably have been in college and would have been able to get out anyway. But the truth is I think I would have gone anyway. It says my dad's would have been 296th and wouldn't have gone but thats not true. He was already in basic training when he got his draft letter. So i don't think that thing is completely correct.
Sam M
2:12 PM
i got 115. i would have gone but i'm a girl so that probably wouldnt of happened but if i was a boy i would have proudly went, just because its a pride thing and i definately wouldn't want my future peoples to deal with communism. I think the people that said they would have gone to canada or mexico are cowards, serving for your country and saving the world like a superhero is the biggest accomplishment anyone could make and no one could ever top it.
p.s.
i called my papa in kaui' and he joined the coast guard so he didn't have to go. what a wuss haha but he said it was brave of me to choose to go. oh and he says hi.
9:20 PM
Kayla,
Some interesting words there. Your grandpa was in the CG huh?
You better be studying for your final...
9:26 PM
My draft number would have been 247 so I wouldn't have been drafted. I probably would have volunteered anyways though. My Dad would have been drafted his number was 146 but he enlisted in the navy.
Ken L.
8:08 PM
My number was 60...unfortunately. I would of have deffently gone to college to avoid going into the war.
Jessica T
9:54 PM
so my number was 336...not quite below the draft number but that was cool either way. except for the whole fighting in Vietnam possibility thing. that's scary.
ok. see you in class tomorrow.
-trisha
11:35 AM
draft number was 18, i would have been dead real soon...
12:16 PM
Neat, 73, yay for the draft... I wouldn't like being sent out like that, but I suppose it's my duty as an American. It's nothing I'd run from or try to avoid, I'd see it as I got to do what I got to do, 'nuff said.
But on the other hand, events like My Lai wouldn't have me packing my bags in a hurry either.
4:46 PM
Matt,
I totally respect your decision. I really hope you speak up in class tomorrow on Vietnam. I want to hear your opinions.
7:21 PM
hey the T-BOME wins cause my number is 17 and i would have gone over and done what forest gump did. i miss jenny, why oh why did she have to die?????????!!!!!!!
8:29 PM
RUN FORREST, RUN!
8:56 PM
my number was 290, so i guess i would have been ok. no crazy drill seargents or anthing (i still say we should watch that movie), but if i had gotten drafted, i probably woud have gone, especially since it was kind of the thing to do at the time.
-nick s.
10:05 PM
My number would have been 123 so I would have been shipped over,I probably would have enlisted anyway.
11:18 PM
# 141.
I'm going to be honest, as much as I respect those who fight in war for our country, I admire their bravery but I would be absolutely terrified to be drafted! I have to many things I want to do with my life, and I can't stand the thought of having all my dreams getting taken away. Anyways I would probably try to go to Canada or Mexico!
11:55 PM
P.S.
They wouldn't want me anyway. I'd get killed real fast! Can you see me with a gun in combat?....Yes my point exactly, couldn't do it :)
11:59 PM
Okay so my number was 254 I don't think I would have been drafted but if I was drafted I would go to college or move so that way I don't have to go to war.
Ann R
4:25 PM
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