Fourth Registration April 27, 1942: between the ages of 45 and 65 'not eligible for military service' This registration is not included in this collection.Third Registration February 16, 1942: between the ages of 20 and 45 'who had not previously registered'.Second Registration July 1, 1941: males 'who had reached 21 since the first registration'.First Registration October 16, 1940: males ages 21 to 35 'within the continental United States'.

Since there is overlap in the WWI and WWII Selective Service registration, men born in the years 1877 to 1900 may have registered twice and have both WWII and WWI draft records. The second group contains the Selective Service Records of the remainder of the WWII registrants, born from Februto July 31, 1927. The 'World War II Selective Service Draft Cards: Fourth Registration, 1942' is often referred to as the “Old Man’s Registration” or the “Old Man’s Draft'.

The fourth Registration for those men whose year of birth was from Apto February 16, 1897. The registrations are part of Record Group 147 Records of the Selective Service System. During WWII, the Selective Service System conducted six draft registrations these records are held collectively in two groupings at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St.

On 16 September 1940, President Roosevelt signed into law the first peacetime Selective Service Act.

1.6 Fourth Registration (Old Man's Draft).

1.5 First through Third, Fifth and Sixth Registrations.

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