U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Title
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Creator
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National Archives and Records Administration (St. Louis, MO)
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Publisher
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Ancestry.com Operations, Inc
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Place
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Lehi, UT
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Date
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2011
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Language
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English
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Temporal coverage
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1940-1947
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Description
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From Ancestry.com, "This database contains World War II draft registration cards from multiple registrations filled out by men in select states aged 18–44.
Historical Background
The U.S. officially entered World War II on 8 December 1941 following an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. About a year before, in October 1940, President Roosevelt had signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U.S. history because of rising world conflicts. Multiple registrations held between November 1940 and October 1946 signed up more than 50 million American men aged 18–45 for the draft.
Cards in This Database
This database contains images and indexes for registration cards filled out by men born between the years of 1898 and 1929 from for all states with the exception of Maine. The draft cards from the state of Maine were destroyed before they could be digitized."
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Accessed online at Ancestry.com