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Army Draft Lottery Drawn Numbers Revealed and Officials Present
The July 21 United States Army draft lottery completed after midnight with 10,500 numbers drawn from a large fish bowl. The first 1,000 numbers cover more than 1,000,000 men. key officials including Secretary Baker and Maj. Gen. Bliss announced the sequence and order. Largest and smallest registration districts vary widely, with overall averages around 3,000 per district. The list shows the numbers in the order drawn, indicating who may be called to serve in the first army.
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Washington
United States Army
Algether
Big Fish Bowl
First Army
Baker
Senatamberlain
Senate Militammittee
Dent
Military Committee
Senatorren
Kalaiking
Ate
House Military Committee
Tasker H. Bliss
Acts
Army
Gr Enoch Crowder
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Ali