Pirnie drawing the first number.
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The Vietnam War Draft was a military draft implemented under the Selective Service System, drafting over 1.7 million men to serve in the Vietnam War. During the peacetime years before the Vietnam War,
Alexander Pirnie
…Representatives. He served six terms, 1959 to 1973. While in Congress, Pirnie was the ranking Republican member of the subcommittee that oversaw the 1969 draft for the Vietnam War. In this capacity he drew the first of the 366 capsules used to determine draft eligibility. (The capsules contained birth dates…
A Vietnam War-era draft card. Retention of the card was legally required.
The 1972 draft lottery being conducted by Curtis W. Tarr