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| Tango01 | 12 Oct 2019 9:49 p.m. PST |
…to get soldiers' uncensored opinions — here's what they said "In September 1940, World War II was a year old. The US was still a noncombatant, but it was preparing for a fight. That month, the US introduced the Selective Training and Service Act — the first peacetime draft in US history. Mobilizing the millions of troops was a monumental task and essential to deploying "the arsenal of democracy" that President Franklin D. Roosevelt called on Americans to provide. Inducting millions of civilians and turning them into effective troops — and keeping them happy, healthy, supplied, and fighting — was also a daunting challenge…"
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