Draft lottery - Wikipedia

Lead Letter: Memories of the 1969 draft lottery 1969 vietnam draft lottery This initial Vietnam draft lottery drawing was on December 1, 1969 The first birth date drawn that night, assigned the lowest number, “001,” 1969 draft lottery In 1969, the unpopular Vietnam War was raging, and the United States needed soldiers to fight the war To equalize the chance of young men (born in years

1969 draft lottery numbers TIL In 1969 the US held a televised draft lottery for the Vietnam War, in which blue capsules were pulled from a container at random containing