[DmBarch]

I graduated from college in 1971. After graduation from school, if you were male and medically fit you had three choices. 1. Enlist in the branch of service of your choice. 2. Stand for the draft. 3 If you were wealthy and/or had the proper connections you could enter the Guard. Those were the facts of life.

Either your memory is bad or you are a troll. The first draft lottery was held on 12/1/69 for men born 1/1/44 - 12/31/50. This would determine who would be called up in 1970. Unless you graduated college at age 20 or less, this would include you. The last men called up had #195. Starting in 1970, your draft chances depended on your lottery number. The last people drafted were from 1972, born in 1952, #95 or lower. Before 1970, you would have been subject to the draft, but I presume you had a student deferment. Even if you didn't, the local boards generally went by a oldest man first rule, starting with the 26 year olds.

[LPM1888]

Either your memory is bad or you are a troll. The first draft lottery was held on 12/1/69 for men born 1/1/44 - 12/31/50. This would determine who would be called up in 1970. Unless you graduated college at age 20 or less, this would include you. The last men called up had #195. Starting in 1970, your draft chances depended on your lottery number. The last people drafted were from 1972, born in 1952, #95 or lower. Before 1970, you would have been subject to the draft, but I presume you had a student deferment. Even if you didn't, the local boards generally went by a oldest man first rule, starting with the 26 year olds.

Thank you for the details. I was trying to summarize the way things worked in 1971 without going into the details of the draft. FYI I graduated in 1971 at the age of 19.