I am also confused because my Dad's birthday was called all three times but he never got drafted though he was the appropriate age. I think it was because he was in college and enrolled. They planned on going to Canada if he was called. I could have been Canadian.
![image showing [OC] Birthdates of US servicemen drafted into the Vietnam War as a result of birthdate lotteries held in 1969, 1970 and 1971](1e90ba34-44d8-5f53-bc63-c79ef3ae751e.jpg)
postman_666 on June 27th, 2020 at 12:14 UTC »
December seems popular. Is there any statistical / mathematical reason why?
nonailsnodrag on June 27th, 2020 at 12:45 UTC »
I am also confused because my Dad's birthday was called all three times but he never got drafted though he was the appropriate age. I think it was because he was in college and enrolled. They planned on going to Canada if he was called. I could have been Canadian.
FL4AVE on June 27th, 2020 at 14:05 UTC »
For a non-american redditor with no clue whatsoever what this means...can someone explain what a draft-birthday-lottery is?