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

Well, sense I didn't receive my until I was already in for over a year (in Japan)...I thought Little too Late folks...

Enlisted at 17, never received a draft notice.

????? What draft Notice? I enlisted in th CORPS !! Semper Fi

I enlisted in the Navy when I was 17, so I never received one

I enlisted at age 17 straight out of high school. If I had been registered at the time, I would have won 27th prize in the first lottery in '69. Of course at that time I was already deployed to sunny SE Asia.

I never registered for the draft. I enlisted when I was seventeen. I was in AIT when I turned 18.

I enlisted in 1978, so post Viet Nam, but a similar story. After my first tour of active duty, I was required to register for the draft for several reasons. When I registered, there was no place on the form to state that I was a veteran and drilling Reservist. I wrote my status on the form for fear that I could be drafted and forced to go back through Boot Camp (a silly fear, but the system does not always function as expected).
I registered and was never drafted. 8)

I was on my 1st Tour when I was called into the orderly room. When I arrived the clerk handed me
an envelope from my states draft board that had been forwarded to me from my parents. It seems that I had been drafted! I asked to see the Old Man right away. When I got permission and we finished the required protocol he asked what I needed. With a serious look on my face I told him that I must return to the States right away on a positive space emergency pass. He asked why and I told him that I had been drafted and if I didn't report I would have the FBI on my ass! At first he didn't find any humor in my reason for bothering him but when I gave him my paperwork and after a second read he started laughing! After a moment I joined in. He said request denied and that he'd have our rear take care of the matter! I'll never forget his parting shot, (and he was a West Point grad), "now I've seen it all!"

I was watching the draft lottery on TV when my number was pulled from the drums. Lucky number 7, I didn't wait for the draft notice, the Army was only a three year hitch with choices of MOS and duty stations. I chose the good old US Army, served in Germany, offered great opportunities to re-enlist but respectfully declined. Never did see the draft notice, but never regretted the experience! More of our young people today could benefit from the experience,

I laughed out loud, as I was in basic training at the time.