To: Screamname
Give it time. By the end of WWII, they we're drafting 50 and 60 yr olds.
16 posted on
03/03/2006 11:08:31 PM PST by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
To: philetus
By the end of WWII, they we're drafting 50 and 60 yr olds.Who are you writing about, the Volkstrum?
19 posted on
03/03/2006 11:17:37 PM PST by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: philetus
Are you kidding? I didn`t know that, I thought only the Germans were doing that. 60 years old, lol! Can you imagine some 20 year old Sargeant giving orders to a 60 year old?
20 posted on
03/03/2006 11:19:04 PM PST by
Screamname
(Hillary thy demon, get out of politics... The power of Christ compels you.The power of Christ compel)
To: philetus
26 posted on
03/03/2006 11:47:24 PM PST by
Melas
(What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
To: philetus
30 posted on
03/04/2006 12:46:32 AM PST by
Denver Ditdat
(Melting solder since 1975)
To: philetus
"By the end of WWII, they we're drafting 50 and 60 yr olds."
Like others have indicated, I've never heard or read that.
Do you have a reference?
My dad was too young for WWI and when WWII broke out, he was in his thirties and working as a laborer at Ford in Detroit. His plant started building airplanes and workers for the most part were exempt from the draft. He did tell me stories about how names were sent directly to the draft boards if a worker was habitually late for work or otherwise screwing up.
To: philetus
Give it time. By the end of WWII, they we're drafting 50 and 60 yr olds. During World War II all men between 18 and 65 were required to register with selective service but only those 18 to 45 were liable for conscription.
To: philetus
By the end of WWII, they we're drafting 50 and 60 yr olds.Yeah,but that was in Germany!
43 posted on
03/04/2006 6:42:39 AM PST by
oldsalt
(There's no such thing as a free lunch.)
To: philetus
Give it time. By the end of WWII, they we're drafting 50 and 60 yr olds. This 45 year old would love to serve again.
56 posted on
03/04/2006 3:45:21 PM PST by
Looking4Truth
(America Rocks! The rest of the world is pretty much useless.)
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