anybody know shrub's and John Kerry's draft lottery numbers?

[cornfedyank]

[bluestateguy]

1. Ahem

The first draft lottery was held in December of 1969, by which time Kerry was all done in Vietnam.

Kerry did have a student deferment b/w 1964-68.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. There was no lottery until late in 1969.

By that time Kerry was already back from Vietnam, and Shrub had already "enlisted" in the TX ANG sometime in 1968. So neither of them would have had a lottery number.

[cornfedyank]

3. if they did not have a lottery. How did they pick who went first?

[TahitiNut]

7. (Ahem.) "A Board composed of your friends and neighbors..."

As a draftee and Vietnam Vet, I can recall the opening of my draft notice easily. Local Draft Boards were given a target quota of draftees. The quota was (apparently) based on the population of males of draft-eligible age. In the poorer areas, where guys couldn't afford college or have the connections to get a 'critical industry' job, the Draft Board's job was easy: just take 'em from age 24 on down. In the more affluent areas, they were more hard-pressed ... especially if the kid was the son of some 'connected' person.

[napi21]

4. There might not have been lottery #'s, but there were ratings.

Don't you remember being 1A? That's how draftees were chosen. If you were 1A you were at the top of the list. 4F was you had something casuing the army not to want you. There were others but I don't remember them right now.

[cornfedyank]

5. i got 361 in 1971 and pretty much ignored it.

1968 - 1973 was very confused.

[Elwood P Dowd]

6. December 1969 is correct

I graduated from college and spent several months as a 1-A just waiting for the inevitable. Nobody would hire me because of it, so I worked part-time and enjoyed the time. Then the lottery came along just after my draft board physical in November of 1969. Had a high draft number and landed a job making good money until the Fall of 1970, when at almost 24 years of age, the shocking news came from the SS Board - a freaking draft notice. Served two years, most in Washington, D.C., and got out in the Fall of 1972. The only thing I missed about the Army was the nightlife in Georgetown - The Cellar Door, The Crazy Horse, My Mother's Place, and a few others I don't remember. Also, the massive war demonstration in April of 1971.

[nefarious]

8. the pResident's

George W. Bush*, dob: July 6th, 1946

selective service draft lotteries:

Dec. 1, 1969: 1970 Draft: # 327
Jul. 1, 1970: 1971 Draft: # 164
Aug. 5, 1971: 1972 Draft: # 185
Feb. 2, 1972: 1973 Draft: # 132

Sorry, I don't know John Kerry's dob.

[Lisa]

9. link for finding your draft lottery number (Dec 1969)

http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/the.draft/

John Kerry's birthday -- Dec 11, 1943