My dad was deferred because he worked in a vital industry (the railroad). Prior to that he taught radio electronics for the Signal Corps in Somerset KY. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrews, John C" <AndrewsJC@state.gov> To: <worldwar2@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [WORLDWAR2] US Exemption WW2 > 1. You are using incorrect terminology. All males between ages 18 and 35 > or 36 were obligated to REGISTER. Within that group, there were no > EXEMPTIONS during WWII. Once registered, registrants were then CLASSIFIED, > by local draft boards. The CLASSIFICATION 1-A was the highest: acceptable > for induction at an early date to be determined. > 2. After classification (usually), the registrants had time to submit > CLAIMS for DEFERMENT. Various categories got blanket deferments -- such as > convicts, mental patients and physically disabled. So clergymen -- who had > to prove their status. Deferring meant that, at some future date, the > government MIGHT need so many men it could decide to induct convicts, etc. > (Keep in mind that the 1940 law -- based in part on the British > experience -- provided for drafting into NON-military federal service, as > for civil defense work, or involuntary jobs in industry or agriculture or > hospitals.) > 3. A college student could submit evidence of his enrollment and this was > enough to (usually) get a one-semester or one academic year DEFERMENT. As > that expired, the board would contact him for new/more evidence or simply > send him a Notice to Report for Induction, at a given time and place. If > he showed up, he could still ask to extend his deferment. Sometimes it > worked, sometimes it did not. He could also take the physical exam, in > hopes that he would not pass -- in which case he would get a physical > DEFERMENT (like 4-F). There was no entitlement to a four-year deferment, > or for rubber-stamping a series of student deferments. > 4. BTW HIGH SCHOOL students could be deferred until age 20! For college > students, another way "out" was to sign up for aviation cadet programs, > the earlier the better. These had a better chance -- though no > guarantee -- of lasting until graduation, whereupon one immediately > reported for induction and flight school. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: worldwar2-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:howardstutt@rogers.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 10:24 AM > To: World War 2 > Subject: [WORLDWAR2] US Exemption WW2 > > Did US college students automatically receive exemption from call-up even > though they had to register with the Draft Board? > > Howard > Ottawa > > > > ********************* > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WORLDWAR2-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ********************* > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WORLDWAR2-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
I forgot to add that he was 33 when the war started. ----- Original Message ----- From: "nell lamantia" <nellie@woh.rr.com> To: <worldwar2@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [WORLDWAR2] US Exemption WW2 > My dad was deferred because he worked in a vital industry (the railroad). > Prior to that he taught radio electronics for the Signal Corps in Somerset > KY. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrews, John C" <AndrewsJC@state.gov> > To: <worldwar2@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 2:08 PM > Subject: Re: [WORLDWAR2] US Exemption WW2 > > >> 1. You are using incorrect terminology. All males between ages 18 and 35 >> or 36 were obligated to REGISTER. Within that group, there were no >> EXEMPTIONS during WWII. Once registered, registrants were then >> CLASSIFIED, >> by local draft boards. The CLASSIFICATION 1-A was the highest: acceptable >> for induction at an early date to be determined. >> 2. After classification (usually), the registrants had time to submit >> CLAIMS for DEFERMENT. Various categories got blanket deferments -- such >> as >> convicts, mental patients and physically disabled. So clergymen -- who >> had >> to prove their status. Deferring meant that, at some future date, the >> government MIGHT need so many men it could decide to induct convicts, >> etc. >> (Keep in mind that the 1940 law -- based in part on the British >> experience -- provided for drafting into NON-military federal service, as >> for civil defense work, or involuntary jobs in industry or agriculture or >> hospitals.) >> 3. A college student could submit evidence of his enrollment and this was >> enough to (usually) get a one-semester or one academic year DEFERMENT. As >> that expired, the board would contact him for new/more evidence or simply >> send him a Notice to Report for Induction, at a given time and place. If >> he showed up, he could still ask to extend his deferment. Sometimes it >> worked, sometimes it did not. He could also take the physical exam, in >> hopes that he would not pass -- in which case he would get a physical >> DEFERMENT (like 4-F). There was no entitlement to a four-year deferment, >> or for rubber-stamping a series of student deferments. >> 4. BTW HIGH SCHOOL students could be deferred until age 20! For college >> students, another way "out" was to sign up for aviation cadet programs, >> the earlier the better. These had a better chance -- though no >> guarantee -- of lasting until graduation, whereupon one immediately >> reported for induction and flight school. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: worldwar2-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:howardstutt@rogers.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 10:24 AM >> To: World War 2 >> Subject: [WORLDWAR2] US Exemption WW2 >> >> Did US college students automatically receive exemption from call-up even >> though they had to register with the Draft Board? >> >> Howard >> Ottawa >> >> >> >> ********************* >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WORLDWAR2-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ********************* >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WORLDWAR2-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > > ********************* > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WORLDWAR2-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >