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Lowering Draft Age to 18 Favored by 51 Per Cent, Opposed by 44 in Survey
Source: “Lowering Draft Age to 18 Favored by 51 Per Cent, Opposed by 44 in Survey.” The Courier-Journal, 11 May 1941, p. 35. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/137890910/
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MEDICINE: Unfit for service
“We are faced with the cold fact that about 40% of the young men of our country at ages 21 to 35 are either considered physically unfit to enter training for military service or are fit for limited service only. … It cannot be said that … since the World War … the health of…
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NEWSREEL: Selective Service Term Extended 8.12.1941
In the early summer of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt requested that the U.S. Congress prolong the service duration for draftees from twelve months to a total of thirty months, with the possibility of additional time if he deemed it necessary for national security. On August 12, the extension was narrowly approved by a one-vote…
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Medicine: Baby Boom
The U.S. birth rate has hit a ten-year high in 1941, with an estimated total of 2,500,000 new babies. Every minute during the year, more than four babies were born. Such was the summing up of the U.S. Census Bureau last week. Reasons for this increase, which represents a gain of 140,000 babies over the…
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NEWSREEL: Selective Service 12.19. 1941
The U.S. Congress amended the Selective Service Act, making it compulsory for all men ages 18-64 to register and those ages 20-44 to be subject to military service. Source: “The First Panicky Feeling.” The Buffalo News, 19 Dec. 1941, p. 34. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news/135185123/
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Medicine: Doctor Shortage
Almost half of the nation’s 180,000 doctors had to register in the draft this week, and many a civilian worried about being left doctorless. In large cities, at least, he need not worry. Only half the registered doctors are expected to pass their physical tests or be free of dependents; besides, the Army & Navy,…
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Lowered Draft Age Coming
In a “radio fireside chat” from of the White House, President Roosevelt tells the nation that the draft age will have to be lowered from 20 to 18 years of age. He goes on to inform America that Allied commanders have agreed on opening “new offensives against Germany and Japan” and that “we must now…
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Drafting of Single Women Before Fathers Is Favored
Source: Gallup, George. “Drafting of Single Women Before Fathers Is Favored.” The Shreveport Journal, 10 Sept. 1943, p. 22. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-shreveport-journal/137959563/