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Draft Director Was Formerly A Teacher
SANTA FE August 29 The entire personnel of the Selective Service in New Mexico feel they know Brigadier General Lew is B Hershey director of the far flung system. He is one generation from a Mennonite Swiss family and was a teacher for years before education finished. He rose from National Guard service to infantry then artillery, later directing evacuation in World War I era France and serving in Hawaii. His background reads more like a business man than a hardened soldier and explains his selection as head of the draft system.
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Santa FE
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New Mexico
Lewis B. Hershey
Farflung
National Guard
France
Hawaii
Wesley Rae