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Countywide WWII Draft Registration Blitz Recalled in Henderson County
Frederick B. Jones reviews the 1942 countywide draft registration for World War II, noting the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 as the first peacetime draft. Henderson County registered about 3,000 men under early rules, with 14 sites and local registrars organizing a mass effort from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on February 16, 1942, aiming for roughly 140 per site.
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