Thursday, February 24, 2005

February 24, 1944


February 24, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's a 1A? Is it related to the draft?

9:01 AM  
Blogger Filboid Studge said...

Yes. And of course what we know now that they didn't know then is that D-Day was only a few months away, which may be the reason for the sudden expanded call up.

Here's a list of the current classifications. I don't know if they've changed that much since WWII. Missing from the list is Woody Allen's 4-P. "In the event of war, I'm a hostage."

Class 1-A: Available for unrestricted military service

Class 1-A-O: Conscientious objector available for noncombatant military service only

Class 1-O: Conscientious objector to all military service

Class 1-O-S: Conscientious objector to all military service (separated/discharged from military service)

Class 2-D: Registrants deferred because of study preparing for the ministry

Class 3-A: Registrants deferred because of hardship to dependents

Class 3-A-S: Registrants deferred because of hardship to dependents (separated/discharged from military service)

Class 4-D: Minister of religion

Class 1-D-D: Deferment for certain members of a reserve component or student taking military training

Class 4-B: Official deferred by law

Class 4-C: Alien or dual national

Class 4-G: Registrants exempted from service because of the death of his parent or sibling while serving in the Armed Forces or whose parent or sibling is in a captured or missing in action status

Class 4-A: Registrants who have completed military service

Class 4-A-A: Registrants who have performed military service for a foreign nation

Class 4-W: Registrants who have completed alternative service in lieu of induction

Class 1-D-E: Exemption of certain members of a reserve component or student taking military training

Class 1-C: Members of the Armed Forces of the United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the Public Health Service

Class 1-W: Conscientious objector ordered to perform alternative service in lieu of induction

Class 4-T: Treaty alien

Class 4-F: Registrants not acceptable for military service

Class 1-H: Registrants not subject to processing for induction

5:35 PM  

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