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TankLV

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Wed Jul-07-04 11:48 AM
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43. They had deferments up to the time of Nixon's draft lottery - then it all

ended.

I pulled 265 in New York - I was free to stay out - thank god for being from a large populous state. That same number in a small state like Hawaii, you went even if you pulled 365.

I had a college buddy that pulled 2 - never saw anybody "older" cry like that before - never found out what happened to him.

The lottery ENDED any deferments except for serious medical conditions - like visual impairment - flat feet and you went.

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