[BIGLOOK]

Thanks for the tune up.

I do remember when the draft was suspended and went to a lottery system, birthdates. I was overseas when I got a letter from a HS buddy. He told me that my birthday came up #365 on the lottery, two years later. (Didn't know that SS registration was suspended though.)

[El Gato]

I do remember when the draft was suspended and went to a lottery system, birthdates. I was overseas when I got a letter from a HS buddy. He told me that my birthday came up #365 on the lottery, two years later. (Didn't know that SS registration was suspended though.)

The lottery started Dec. 1, '69, with the first folks drafted on that basis in '70. My number was 34 (although I had to look that up). Draft was suspended July 1 '73, 10 days after I went on active duty.