Random Destiny: How the Vietnam War Draft Lottery Shaped a Generation

In 1969, the first Vietnam draft lottery assigned numbers to birth dates, determining which young men would be called to fight in Vietnam

The Vietnam draft lottery, televised on December 1, 1969, used birthdays to randomly assign

vietnamese lottery The lottery of 1969 was devised to increase the numbers of military personnel available for service in the Vietnam War, while addressing inequities in the

vietnam draft lottery numbers December 1, 1969 marked the date of the first draft lottery held since 1942 This drawing determined the order of induction for men born between January 1, 1944