It seems odd that a thirty year old with children would’ve been drafted, even in WWII.
“It seems odd that a thirty year old with children would’ve been drafted, even in WWII.”
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft.
“It seems odd that a thirty year old with children would’ve been drafted, even in WWII.”
Yea, it does seem odd. My father volunteered to join the Army in 1943 at 28 years old, and had 3 kids. My oldest sister said, that my father was exempt from the draft because of his age and his children. Don’t know what the rules were back then.
He went to the Philippines
My mother's older brother was over 30 years old, married and had 3 kids and he got drafted. He was killed at the battle of the Hurtgen forest, a week or so before the Battle of the Bulge began.
As I understand the story, he and his wife weren't getting along and she threw him out of the house and then called the local draft board and claimed he was not supporting the family. Bang, he got drafted and never came home.