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sep 1, 1940 - American Recruitment

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Concern over the threat of war had spurred President Roosevelt and Congress to approve the nation's first peacetime military draft, that drafted nearly 2.2 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines.

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sep 1, 1940
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~ 85 years ago