From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Jan 9 19:00:14 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0A20ESK021601; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 19:00:14 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0A20Ehe017981 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 19:00:14 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k09NXTFI016249 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:33:29 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k09NXTO1016248 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:33:29 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k09N5pFI016163 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:05:51 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k0A1WOA6032678 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:32:24 -0700 X-Envelope-From: farnorth-ak@gci.net Mon Jan 9 18:32:24 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0A1WOSK032669 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:32:24 -0700 Received: from msgmmp-4.gci.net (msgmmp-4.gci.net [209.165.130.14]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0A1WMhe030120 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:32:23 -0700 Received: from [24.237.28.110] by msgmmp-4.gci.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.03 (built Jun 27 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0ISU00JY6S9TFB20@msgmmp-4.gci.net> for ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com; Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:32:19 -0900 (AKST) Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:32:38 -0900 From: Wild Bill Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re: World War II draftees In-reply-to: <000401c61565$042bd720$27e0b345@yourkuh1evx06w> To: Fleta Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Reply-to: farnorth-ak@gci.net Message-id: <43C30EB6.3000203@gci.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: <200601092109.k09L9X9u023011@lists5.rootsweb.com> <000401c61565$042bd720$27e0b345@yourkuh1evx06w> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Those that were drafted serial number begins with US. Those that enlisted serial number begins with RA May the FORCE be with you, Bill Lyman, North Pole, Alaska ITS NOT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT MATTERS, ITS WHAT YOU SEE http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lyman/index.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lyman/index.html http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=wildbill Fleta wrote: > X-Message: #15 > >> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:52:28 -0500 >> From: Elizabeth Cunningham >> Subject: World War II draftees >> >> Thanks to a very helpful Elizabeth Hanebury, I was able to find out when >> my Uncle Harry went into the Army. Flushed with success, I found out >> when my husband's cousin Jack did, as well. >> >> On both of these records, it gives an enlistment date. Does that mean >> the person actually enlisted, or might they have been drafted? That is, >> does date of enlistment only mean the date they joined, and not the >> status of their joining. > > > > I am not a military 'expert' but both my husband and son have many years > of military service. I believe to join any branch of the military you > are required to 'enlist' in that service unless you join by receiving a > commission as an officer. Even those that are drafted were still > required to enlist papers, {I think}. > > Maybe this will help if there are not too many maybes. > > Fleta >