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This Week in Roosevelt History: September 15-21

September 15, 2010May 29, 2015 by fdrlibrary, posted in This Week in Roosevelt History

September 16, 1940: FDR signed into law the Selective Training and Service Act, which set up the first peacetime military draft in U.S. history.

First drawing of the Selective Service.
October 29, 1940
FDR Library Photo Collection. NPx. 48-22:3712(32).

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