The film explores the thoughts of a young man contemplating military service during a time of global uncertainty. He reflects on why he, along with others his age, is being considered for the draft ...

The deal will allow for the digitizing of U.S. military morning reports from World War II and Selective Service draft cards covering the post-World War II draft registration between 1948 and 1959.

In 1940, with World War II edging closer to the need for involvement by the United States, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Selective Training and Service Act. The measure ...

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In World War II, 44 Japanese American men at Minidoka resisted government conscription into the US military, refusing to be drafted by a country that considered them less than full citizens.