James Jacobs:
CLASS OF 1967
Grant High SchoolClass of 1967
Portland, OR
University of Hawaii at ManoaClass of 1971
Honolulu, HI
Sacramento City CollegeClass of 1969
Sacramento, CA
James's Story
Military
With the [bad] War & the [worse] draft the key issues of our Class & generation the question is not Military service 'where', but 'if'. If you had to go, & if you made it back whole.
I drew a low, and 'unlucky' number in the draft lottery, the bar-bouncers' "86". As in "Eighty-six that guy,thro...Expand for more
w him out" (& off the planet/wheel of life.)
For many, all the familiar (& some personally unique) reasons, I wasn't going to be drafted to fight/kill in Nam -- or anywhere else!
So I wasn't. I didn't 'go'. I beat the draft. Free at last.
I might tell the story privately; it's not for publication
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