Witchflower Days: The Draft, F.P.A., Dickens, and Elvis

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

The Draft, F.P.A., Dickens, and Elvis

On this day in 1940, 75,000 men were called to Armed Forces duty under the first peacetime conscription in American history. There had been a long history of resistance to mandatory military service in the USA. During World War I, an estimated 3 million young men refused to register, and 12% of... Sign in to see full entry.

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