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On Friday 29 September 1939, householders were required to record details on the registration forms. On the following Sunday and Monday the enumerators visited every householder, checked the form and then issued a completed identity card for each of the residents. All cards at this time were the same brown/buff colour.
This was well in advance of the country's actual entry into World War II, but in clear anticipation of the likelihood of involvement. Registration began with those aged between 21 and 35, and gradually broadened to men aged between 18 and 64 as needs increased after the country entered the war in December 1941.
To receive a Kennkarte, an applicant had to fill out an application, and provide such documents as a birth certificate, pre-war Polish ID, and marriage certificate (in specified cases). Polish citizens of appropriate ethnicity were obliged to make a formal declaration that they belonged to the Aryan race.
Private Ruth L. James at the gates of the battalion's facility in Rouen during a 1945 "open house" attended by hundreds of other African American soldiers Second Lieutenant Freda le Beau serving Major Charity Adams a soda at the opening of the battalion's snack bar in Rouen 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion African-American WACs, Hull & Cambridge, England, 04/14/1945
Conscientious objector, available for or assigned to civilian work of national importance, age 38 to 44 inclusive. Mar 6, 1943: Oct 5, 1944: IV-E (L) Conscientious objector qualified for limited service. Jul 6, 1944: Oct 5, 1944: IV-E-LS Conscientious objector available for limited service in civilian work of national importance. Aug 31, 1941 ...
The phrase has been used disparagingly in the debate over Real ID and national ID cards in the United States. [8] [9] [10] It has also been used to refer to interactions with citizens during police stops [11] [12] and immigration enforcement. [13] Arizona's controversial SB 1070 law requiring people to carry identification was dubbed the ...
Aug. 30—After Friday, if civilian Department of Defense retirees want to get on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, they'll need that star on their driver's license. And that driver's license will ...
Civilian Public Service firefighting crew at Snowline Camp near Camino, California, 1945. The Civilian Public Service (CPS) was a program of the United States government that provided conscientious objectors with an alternative to military service during World War II.