Does Uncle Sam Want You? Part 2

One of my most popular posts thus far has been about the first Vietnam draft lottery. But if you don't feel like rereading that post, I'll recap for you.


The first draft lottery was held on 01 December 1969. All young men between the ages of 18 and 26 (born between 1944 and 1950) were eligible. Each day of the year was put inside a little blue ball. Capsules were drawn out one by one, until all 366 dates had been called. In 1969, men who had one of the first 195 birthdays called out were to report for induction into the military.





The second draft lottery was held on 01 July 1970, for all young men born in 1951. This time, those born on the first 125 dates called were drafted. If a date is listed in the table below, a man born on that day in 1951 would have been inducted into the service.


JAN 04 05 08 09 10 14 15 17 23 25 30 31
FEB 04 05 06 07 10 13 20 26 27
MAR 01 02 04 08 12 14 26 28 30 31
APR 04 05 12 16 19 20 21 28 29
MAY 02 07 08 14 24 25 27 28 29
JUN 01 04 08 10 12 20 21 23 27
JUL 01 03 04 08 09 18 20 25 26 27 29 30
AUG 02 05 08 09 13 14 18 19 20 21 23 26 29
SEP 06 08 21 22 25 26 30
OCT 06 08 11 12 13 14 16 19 21 22 25 28
NOV 04 07 08 10 11 14 17 20 21 24 25 26 29 30
DEC 03 05 09 11 12 15 16 24 26