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thanks...but that article was not entirely true. and we pretty much hacked it inside out on the swift boat message board.

Edwards #178 was high.
In the 1971 (for 1972 induction)lottery, the last call was #95.
For 1970 (for 1971 induction) the last call was #125

the 1972 lottery picks were for the 1973 draft call. no one (according to selective service) was was drafted in 1973.

RESULTS FROM LOTTERY FOR MEN FACING THE DRAFT IN 1973 The lottery drawing held February 2, 1972, determined the order in which men born in 1953 were called to report for induction into the military. How to read this chart: This chart shows all the birth dates in a given year and the lottery numbers assigned to those dates. Read this chart like a multiplication table. At the top of the chart are the months of the year. On the far left are the dates of the month. The numbers in the center represent lottery numbers. For example: To find the lottery number assigned to July 15, look down from "July" till it matches up with the number "15" on the left side of the table. The corresponding number in the middle is "359." This means that all men born on July 15, 1953, were assigned the lottery number 359. This lottery was conducted for men who would have been called in 1973; however, no new draft orders were issued after 1972.

http://www.sss.gov/lotter4.htm

I happened to agree with Rangel here. The anti-war protests of the late 60's mostly petered-out when the draft went to a lottery and they damned near disappeared by 1972.

In my opinion, the protests were as much, if not more, about the draft than the war...