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Overall Selective Service Numbers
World War II Nov. 1940 ”“ Oct. 1946 10,110,104 Year Number of Inductions 1940 18,633 1941 923,842 1942 3,033,361 1943 3,323,970 1944 1,591,942 1945 945,862 1946 183,383 Source: “Induction Statistics.” Selective Service System, www.sss.gov/history-and-records/induction-statistics/. Accessed 27 Oct. 2023.
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ANC Stats
June 30 1942 12,475 June 30 1943 36,607 8-May 52,000 31-Dec-45 27,850 Higlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps: Chronology, 19 Jan. 2001, history.army.mil/books/anc-highlights/chrono.htm.
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NEWSREEL: 5.16.1940
President Roosevelt has asked Congress for $1 billion to modernize the military and has plans to produce 50,000 airplanes a year. “We have had the lesson before us over and over again””nations that were not ready and were unable to get ready found themselves overrun by the enemy. So-called impregnable fortifications no longer exist. A…
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NURSING NEWSREEL: 06. 30.1940
Currently, there are 942 active Army nurses in the corps. Additionally, there are 15,770 nurses registered in the First Reserve of the American Red Cross Nursing Service who can be mobilized if required. Source: Feller, Carolyn M, and Constance J. Moore, editors. Highlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corp , Revised and Expanded…
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NEWSREEL: December 31, 1940
18,633 men have now entered the military through the Selective Service System. Source: “Induction Statistics.” Selective Service System, www.sss.gov/history-and-records/induction-statistics/. Accessed 27 Oct. 2023.
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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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NEWSREEL: Selective Service Numbers
923,842 men have now entered the military through the Selective Service System. Source: “Induction Statistics.” Selective Service System, www.sss.gov/history-and-records/induction-statistics/. Accessed 27 Oct. 2023.
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$50 Service Pay Voted By Senate
Source: “$50 Service Pay Voted By Senate.” El Paso Herald-Post, 8 June 1942, pp. 1”“10. https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post/137088833/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post/137089035/
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Nurses Pay
During the initial phase of the war, women who joined the military, except for Army and Navy nurses, typically received superior pay or status compared to the nurses. When the WAAC was created in May 1942, its members received higher salaries than the Army Nurse Corps. Those who enlisted in the newly formed WAVES of…