How many DUers have a Selective Service Card (Draft Card)?

[Toots]

Does anyone have one of those things any more and if so are you required to carry it with you at all times?

[Richardo]

1. I had one in 1974-75...

...lost track of it after the fall of Saigon.

Bonus point: I also had a lottery number, but thankfully not low enough for me to get called.

[ClintonTyree]

10. My number was 126....

the first lottery. They said the first 125 numbers were "sure to go". I thought I had it made, then "November 13, 1950" came up number 126. :cry: I was lucky (if you want to call it that) to be 4-F, so I never had to fight in that senseless war in Viet Nam.

[keithjx]

2. Not any more -

I had one, but as soon as I turned 26, I got a letter saying I was done being part of SS, and that's a letter I have held onto.

I never did carry around any proof that I had registered w/ SS. No one ever asked me to prove it either. They just asked (on college loan apps) whether I had or not.
KJ

[Toots]

3. How long ago did you turn twenty six?

:-)

[ClintonTyree]

4. I lost mine during one of my moves...

mine had a "4-F" printed on it, what was left of it anyway. I burned it at a protest one day, but my GF at the time stomped it out. There was still a good 60% of it left. I held on to it for a while, but at 54 years of age I seriously doubt they'll be calling me up anytime soon. Strike that, we're dealing with the bush administration here. There are a lot of countries with our oil under their land yet, I may still be needed. :shrug:

[goodboy]

5. I still have mine in my wallet. Got it when I turned 18. It doesn't say

on the card if I have to carry it with me at all times. I can't remember if the accompanying letter said something like that.

[rzemanfl]

6. I have mine around here somewhere, issued in 1965. n/t

[ThomWV]

7. I Think So

I think I still have mine around somewhere. What was important was some other card they sent you now and then. It confirmed your current status as I recall. There were many classifications, which ran from 1-A, meaning you were hale, to 4-F, meaning you were physically unfit for duty. To be honest I don't remember a whole lot about it, I was pre-lottery by a couple of years though. I joined but I recall getting a final Classification update after I got out that had some code that meant service complete or something like that.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Cremated mine at a protest in '67.

No great heroism on my part..I'd put in my 4 years in the marines. But, it was nice gesture.

[jimshoes]

9. Oddly enough I still carry mine

but more because I got Chuck Negron's autograph on the back of it in 1972 at a concert in Cleveland. (Chuck Negron was one of the vocalists in 3 Dog Night)

[Chipper Chat]

11. I lost mine while mushroom hunting in 1959.

Never had it replaced. I had a college and teaching deferment until 1968 when I became subject to the lottery. My number was in the 4000s so I didnt worry about Vietnam. I DO remember skipping class during the Bay of Pigs fiasco. My buddies and I sat around a portable radio in the college union waiting for the Soviets to run the blockade. The 4 of us decided if that happened we would all report immediately to a recruiting station. It was that serious.

[progressivejazz]

12. I still carry mine.

Issued December 28, 1959.

I tried to burn it in front of my friends last year, and they wouldn't let me. They all examined it and demanded I keep it. So I have. Some sort of historical artifact, I suppose.

[Toots]

13. Wonder what it would bring on Ebay?

:shrug:
Everyone that has answered was issued their card decades ago. I was wondering if kids have to register today and if they receive a card. No answers from the kids.

[Gothmog]

14. I have one

I got it back in 1975