[rollei_list] Re: Jerry Lehrer: I am baffled
- From: "Jeff Kelley" <jlkphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 09:34:50 -0700
I was #40 in the same lottery. Then I enlisted in the Air Force in 1975
thinking I'd get an education during "peace time." And I sure enough got
one...just not the one I was hoping for. I did use the GI Bill long after
active duty to help pay for college, so all was not lost.
Jeff
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Bob Adler <rgacpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was #18 in the fall, 1973 lottery; the first one not called up...
>
> I'll take lucky over good any day of the week...
>
> Bob
>
>
> Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.raflexions.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: slobodan dimitrov <s.dimitrov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:53:47 AM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Jerry Lehrer: I am baffled
>
> I was 149 in Los Angeles County.
> The cut off was 150.
> s.d.
>
>
> On May 29, 2008, at 8:38 AM, Robert Lilley wrote:
>
> > I actually received a notice stating I was now 1A sent to me while in
> > Vietnam. I remember sending the notice back with "come get me"
> > scribbled on
> > it. This was even after I informed my local draft board I was
> > enlisting.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Eric
> > Berube
> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:27 AM
> > To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Jerry Lehrer: I am baffled
> >
> > Marc James Small wrote:
> >> There has never been any connection at all between the US military
> >> and
> >> the Selective Service System and the two were quite hostile to
> >> each other
> > I entered Basic Training in Ft. Leonard Wood a few days before I
> > turned
> > 18. The SS actually sent a notice to me AT MY UNIT informing me that I
> > was required to register and if I didn't do so I was in danger of
> > being
> > "denied student financial aid, loans, or grants; vocational training
> > under WIA; government employment; and security clearances, etc..."
> > This
> > was one of my first experiences with how well integrated the DoD
> > machine
> > is and how flawlessly all of those several agencies within it work
> > together.
> > <yes...sarcasm.>
> >
> > Be well,
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
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