Notice to Appear for Physical Exam
date: label: issued
content: 1940
label: associated dates
content: 1942-02-18
name: label: sender
content: Daniels, Captain L. P.
label: recipient
content: Layton, Benjamin T.
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Ink on cardboard.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This “Notice to Appear for Physical Exam” was sent to Benjamin Layton from Camp Wheeler, 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, complete a physical, and a written exam as part of their screening. After testing was completed males were placed into various “categories.” Category one was the best qualified while cat-four indicated a male was 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: associated place
content: United States: Georgia
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: 1993.3172.03
label: catalog number
content: 1993.3172.03
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: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 26.8 cm x 20.6 cm; 10 9/16 in x 8 1/8 in