Order to Report for Induction
date: label: date of mailing
content: 1941
label: associated dates
content: 1941-08-29
name: label: recipient
content: Layton, Benjamin T.
label: sender
content: Local Board Number 12
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Order to Report for Induction
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: The Order to Report for Induction for Benjamin Layton of Georgia.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The United States government established a draft board during World War II. The purpose was to establish which men were or were not qualified for military duty. Males were required to register and complete a physical and a written exam as part of their screening. After testing was completed, men were placed into various “categories.” Category one was the best-qualified while Category four indicated a male disqualified for one of many reasons, such as too many children, flat feet, or poor education. The draft board issued notices to report for classification, medical exams, and induction.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: referenced
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
label: related event
content: The Great Depression and World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.3172.04
label: catalog number
content: 1993.3172.04
label: nonaccession number
content: 1993.3172
objectType: label: Object Name
content: document
label: Other Terms
content: document; Documents
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 26.9 cm x 21.8 cm; 10 9/16 in x 8 9/16 in