Selective Service System
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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
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
Dykstra National Defense Mediation Board
Portrait of LTG Lewis B. Hershey
In the United States, military conscription, commonly known as "the draft", has been employed by the U.S. federal government in six conflicts: the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, W
Selective Service System
…agency of the United States government that maintains a database of registered male U.S. citizens and other U.S. residents potentially subject to military conscription ("the draft"). Although the U.S. military is currently an all-volunteer force, registration is still required for contingency planning and preparation…
Young men registering for conscription during World War I in New York City, in June 1917
An illustration of rioters attacking a building during the New York anti-draft riots of 1863 in the middle of the American Civil War
1862 Northern cartoon mocking Confederate conscription