From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jun 10 09:17:48 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5AFHmjb008926; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 09:17:48 -0600 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 k5AFHL82015048 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 09:17:21 -0600 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 k5ACfbFI021001 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:41:37 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5ACfbYZ021000 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:41:37 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k5AAEmFI020625 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:14:48 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5ACoLfq022651 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:50:21 -0600 X-Envelope-From: MaeMay510@aol.com Sat Jun 10 06:50:21 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5ACoLjb022640 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:50:21 -0600 Received: from imo-d22.mx.aol.com (imo-d22.mx.aol.com [205.188.144.208]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5ACoJLr006833 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:50:20 -0600 Received: from MaeMay510@aol.com by imo-d22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id e.309.60d18c0 (14502) for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:50:10 -0400 (EDT) From: MaeMay510@aol.com Message-ID: <309.60d18c0.31bc1a02@aol.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:50:10 EDT To: Roots-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5319 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Old Man's Draft--1942 Many wrote to me off list that the older men who were found in both WWI and WWII draft records were used as support for the young fighting soldiers. I still wondered about the burst of patriotism that certain men in my family showed. Just today I received a post that said it was an official draft. The 4th draft of 1942 is known as The Old Man's Draft and can be interpreted as a listing of older men with skills that were needed to keep the young men on the front. . So I won't puzzle anymore why my old timers were on both WWI and WWII records (or even wonder if it was a mistake) now that I understand it was an official draft. Shirley Maynard Hampton, VA.