Legislation required all men from 18 to 65 to register with those who were aged 18 to 45 being immediately liable for induction. The service commitments for inductees were set at the length of the war plus six months. As the need for people increased during World War II, draftees were inducted both into the Marine Corps and the Army. see link below
What is the youngest a person is the United States could be drafted into the war? In Britain, the age for compulsory military service was between 16 and 60, but those over 50 were usually NOT inducted, they served in Home Guard units or as fire wardens, and auxiliary fire men.
In the United States, the draft started at age 18. People of age 17 could volunteer under certain conditions.
Men in America were drafted into the military during World War 2. The age for the draft was between 18 and 64.
The enlisting age was 18 up to 38 years of age. A few younger men (the youngest recorded was 15) slipped through the cracks lying about their age and using another's I.D.
ages 18 to 25
Draft ages were between 18 and 45.
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you had to be twenty-one to be drafted into the war back in ww1
Yes
90% by the draft
the Draft
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you had to be twenty-one to be drafted into the war back in ww1
draft
In the United States, there was a draft in 1942. In that year, the U.S. Congress lowered the draft age to 18 years old.
World War 1 and World War 2.
Yes, for WW1
draft or enlisted
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Yes
90% by the draft
the Draft
I belive there were only three wars the draft was used for, the civil War, World War 2, and the Vietnam conflict. There might have also been a draft for WW1