of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, and by section 208 of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941, is required to and shall on February 16, 1942, present ...

The nation's first military draft began in 1940, when President Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act. The draft continued through war and peacetime until 1973. More than 10 ...

The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 initially required that all men between the ages of 21 to 35 register for the draft, with those called up serving for 12 months. This was later ...

On this day in 1940, Congress passed the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. The lawmakers acted soon after the German and Soviet invasion of Poland prompted Britain and France to declare war ...

During World War II, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 included provisions for conscientious objection. Those who were classified as COs could choose to serve in non-combatant ...

Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. As many as 8,615,000 men and 250,000 women served in U.S. forces during the Vietnam era (1955-1975). Draftees made up 2,215,000 of ...

In 1940 President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act, which required young American men to register and provide a backup support for the U.S. Armed Forces.

Congress established the first reemployment protections for military members with the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. Those protections were modified several times during the early ...

On the eve of World War II, initial protections were written into the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (STSA). Congress wanted to ensure draftees could be confident about returning to ...

On this day in 1940, Congress passed the first peacetime ... Roosevelt, who had urged the legislators to act, signed the Selective Training and Service Act into law. Initially, it required ...