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The 1969 draft lottery assigned each calendar birth date (including Feb. 29) a lottery number by drawing 366 capsules from a jar on December 1, 1969; the order drawn became the order of induction for ...
A useful starting list separates magazines devoted to World War II from mainstream publications that covered the war as it happened: dedicated titles such as World War II (HistoryNet) and WWII History...
San Miguel de Gualdape’s precise location remains contested between competing South Carolina and Georgia claims, with substantial scholarly advocacy on both sides grounded in readings of 16th‑century ...
The December 1, 1969 draft lottery assigned sequence numbers to men born between 1944 and 1950 to determine induction order for 1970, a change meant to reduce perceived bias in the pre‑lottery system ...
Many first‑hand accounts of the 1969 draft lottery exist online: dedicated repositories collect individual stories (e.g., vietnamwardraftlottery.com) while museum and veterans groups solicit memories ...
The official Selective Service tables that map every birthdate to its 1969 draft lottery number are published by the Selective Service System and reproduced online; the SSS history page hosts the Viet...
Colin Powell’s two Vietnam tours (1962–63 as a captain advisor and 1968–69 as a major with the Americal Division) gave him frontline command experience, awards (Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Soldier’s Me...