Of the 2 marine uncles I mentioned, the older was living in Baltimore. He had a job that was designated as essential to the war effort so he was exempt from the draft. His son, my cousin was telling me that he got so tired of hearing all these comments like you look able bodied why aren’t you serving? So he told his boss to take him off the exempt list. Bam he got drafted?
The other uncle was drafted as soon as he turned 18 which was a month before he was to graduate from high school. The Masontown draft board didn’t care, we need bodies.
Draft Boards never change.
