What were your feelings and thoughts when you first opened your draft notice?

Me? I laughed my ass off, because I received mine when I was in boot camp, and I did not really have a stance on the war at the time. Today, my stance on combat is a simple one, if you are going to sic the dogs of war upon anyone take the damn muzzles off, and no shock collars controlled by people who are not under fire.

I received my draft notice, from my mother, about a week after I got to Navy bootcamp. I reported to bootcamp on 22 AUG 1966. My draft notice was stamped 25 AUG 66. I was relieved to not be going into the Army.

Enlisted in marines in "60 at 17. March, 1963, Back from overseas & Vietnam & discharged. Got a nasty letter from draft board. I had never registered & was in deep trouble!!

I was discharged from the Marine Corps in July '67 after having six years of active duty. Having enlisted in Honolulu, Hawaii I had no intention of heading back there - a bigger world awaited me... and I was gonna see it from the seat of my motorcycle. Being pretty much adrift, I really had no roots of fixed identity. Upon receiving my Discharge I was told it would be necessary to register for the draft - which I did with a big silly grin. Got to the part about a permanent address and had no idea what to enter; I had very little except for my British 650cc twin. So, to this very day there exists in some dark, cobwebbed DD archive my draft forms, with "Perm. Address" showing the Maryland license plate number of the only home I had.

I was dumbfounded, it came in a letter from my Mom. She had opened it and read it before remaining it to me! When I received it were were in the river about halfway to Saigon in South Vietnam Nam! I was stationed on the USS Higbee DD-806. We were in a gunfire support role at the time! I had been on active duty for over two years! My Executive officer thought I should have some fun and told me to get the map coordinates Latitude & Longitude and send them back in a letter telling them if the want me that bad come and get me!

Never saw my draft notice. My mother got it and called the draft board to let them know I was a 1LT in Korea. Happened in1967.

graduated high school in '66 and passed the college entrance exam so decided to see how far I could go before being drafted. Juniors with B averages were getting called so I figured go as far as I could. Typical freshman adjustment struggles but buckled down and got serious after a bit. One particular incident with an instructor gave me a clue that he fix was in. The college was feeding the draft board fresh bodies. I made a solid B on a term paper but when the grades were posted it had changed to an F. Had to hunt him down but found the prof. He agreed the error happened but he wasn't going to change the grade. Some folks just need to go in the service he said. Lost the deferment and was immediately notified of 1A status by the draft board. The lady already had a list dated back to the first of the semester.
She laughed about it. The prof saved local boys that had fathers that donated to his program. No matter how hard I worked it wasn't going to matter. She made her monthly quota. All came clear during the office visit. Pissed off didn't begin to describe my anger. I was working and paying my own way. I told her I wasn't going. She said she would send the sheriff after me. Didn't know we were good friends from the gun club. Told her he knows where I live and left. She probably already had the arrest warrant ready before I got home. Told my Dad what was fixing to happen and he got a kick out of it as he was the only one that new I had signed up for the Marines and leaving immediately, Sept 11, 1967. Being a WWII Pacific Marine himself his eyes twinkled and got that shit eatin' grin and said I'll take care of it when they come for you. He had his fun with them. Last of the month so there scheme to make quota failed. So angry about all, boot camp was breeze. If I would've gotten over my anger and in college when I came back it would've been an easy degree as it was hands off the prior service folks. Young folks now don't believe that kinda of crap really happen. Tough to explain the Viet Nam era to 'em. Those that lived it know.

I was in my first year of college when I received mine, I went down to the Army recruiter and told him I had a college deferment. He basically laughed and said it got canceled. I was young and full of piss and vinegar so I ask him where I would be stationed at, he said Viet Nam. I told hm I would be back soon, I walked across the hall to the Marine Recruiter and asked him where I would be stationed, he said probably Viet Nam so I joined the Marine Corps!

Total Confusion, just finished six years in the Army and still had dust from Vietnam on my boots. Got it the same day I had my Liquor Board ID made so that I could get served

I never got one because the draft got canceled right before I went in. But after I was out of the Navy I rec'd a notice to register for the draft. Funny guys.