WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
Nature The World Movies USA Top Art Fine & Rare History Ivy & Inquiry
Civilian Public Service
Videos
The Civilian Public Service was a program of the United States government that provided conscientious objectors with an alternative to military service during World War II. From 1941 to 1947, nearly 1
Civilian Public Service firefighting crew at Snowline Camp near Camino, California, 1945.
Civilian Public Service firefighting crew at Snowline Camp near Camino, California, 1945.
John T. Neufeld was a conscientious objector during World War I who was sentenced to 15 years hard labor in the Disciplinary Barracks at Leavenworth,
John T. Neufeld was a conscientious objector during World War I who was sentenced to 15 years hard labor in the Disciplinary Barracks at Leavenworth, Kansas. Neufeld was paroled to do dairy work and released after serving five months of his sentence.
Camp Wickiup, CPS #60, La Pine, Oregon was a former Civilian Conservation Corps facility erected in 1938.
Camp Wickiup, CPS #60, La Pine, Oregon was a former Civilian Conservation Corps facility erected in 1938.
In large CPS dormitories, each man had a cot, simple desk with chair and a narrow set of shelves for personal possessions.
In large CPS dormitories, each man had a cot, simple desk with chair and a narrow set of shelves for personal possessions.
Selective Service System
Videos
The Selective Service System is an independent agency of the United States government that maintains a database of registered male U.S. citizens and other U.S. residents potentially subject to militar
Civilian Public Service
…the camps. Aides convinced Roosevelt that putting the COs to work in out-of-the-way camps was preferable to repeating the difficulties of World War I. Selective Service and the peace churches agreed to a six-month trial of church supported and funded camps for conscientious objectors and thus Civilian Public Service…
World War I draft card. Lower left corner to be removed by men of African ancestry to keep the military segregated
World War I draft card. Lower left corner to be removed by men of African ancestry to keep the military segregated
Selective service information available in a local post office in Boston, Massachusetts
Selective service information available in a local post office in Boston, Massachusetts
Dykstra National Defense Mediation Board
Dykstra National Defense Mediation Board
Portrait of LTG Lewis B. Hershey
Portrait of LTG Lewis B. Hershey