Selective Service Act 1940. Some 45 million men registered and more than 10 million were inducted through the selective service system between november 1940 and october 1946. On february 22, 2019, u.s.
The selective training and service act of 1940, signed into law by president franklin d. 885 authorized the first peacetime conscription in united states history. This would be one of the biggest changes to the selective service act since its passage in 1940.
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147.2.1 records of the joint army and navy selective service committee. The unemployment rate perforce went down considerably. Those who were selected from the draft lottery were required to serve at least one year. It was the first time in us.