Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for December 11, 2023

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    sergioandrade Premium Member 12 months ago

    I actually did not know my number during the Vietnam War, looked it up years ago I was in the last third of the list. Was hoping to get out of it do to history of epilepsy at the time.

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    oakie817  12 months ago

    my number was 7…i was going…fortunately was 4-F due to flat feet

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    gspldng Premium Member 12 months ago

    My number was 385. A typo on my draft card.

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    e.groves  12 months ago

    I enlisted in the Marines in 1963. That was before the U.S. build up. In March of 1965, ,my battalion was part of the first U.S. troops to arrive in S. Vietnam.

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    Egrayjames  12 months ago

    My number was 310, but my brother was 365. Because of Leap Years there were 366 numbers, so he wasn’t the highest, but I’m sure our Mom and Dad were glad we weren’t going to Viet Nam.

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    uniquename  12 months ago

    Not the lottery you wanted to win Grandpa.

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    ChessPirate  12 months ago

    My number was 254. I knew a guy with the number 1…

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    sobrown51  12 months ago

    Wait a minute. I was 18 when they did the first draft lottery, so I had to wait a year (as it was for 19-year-olds). Is this comic strip saying this old grampa is only a year older than me? Thank heaven I’m still lucid and healthy. BTW, I got a high number and was not drafted. I had dropped my student deferment and took my chances on the lottery. Not the smartest thing I ever did but it worked out.

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    stamps  12 months ago

    I won that lottery too; haven’t won one since.

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    22Wu33/es Premium Member 12 months ago

    I got lucky twice. First year (1971) it was a student deferment. Second year I got a high number(322) in the lottery.

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    markkahler52  12 months ago

    He survived Vietnam. Enough of a win, right there!!

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    Flatworm  12 months ago

    I remember draft lottery day! I got a 364 which meant I wasn’t going to ’Nam, which was a place I REALLY did not want to go! My best friend at the time, however, got #1, so his only real choice was to enlist in the Navy.

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    Hydromantes  12 months ago

    My birthday was #1, but they decided not to draft anyone that year. To this day it’s the only lottery I ever won.

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