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The second peacetime draft began with passage of the Selective Service Act of 1948 after the STSA expired. The new law required all men of age 18 to 26 to register. It also created the system for the "Doctor Draft", aimed at inducting health professionals into military service. [43]
July 12–14 – 1948 Democratic National Convention (Philadelphia) July 17 – Dixiecrat National Convention (Birmingham) July 20 – Cold War: President Harry S. Truman issues the second peacetime military draft in the United States, amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union (the first peacetime draft occurred in 1940 under President ...
1948 was a leap year ... President Harry S. Truman issues the second peacetime military draft in the United States, amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union ...
When the younger Gene Regen got his peacetime draft notice in 1948, there was no hesitation. "I knew I wanted to serve," said Regen, now 93, "and I was going to." Military recruiters disagreed.
In 1948, it was replaced by a new and distinct Selective Service System established by this Act. The Selective Service Act of 1948 was originally intended to remain in effect for two years (i.e., until June 24, 1950), but was extended multiple times, usually immediately before its two-year period of effectiveness was due to expire.
The unpopular draft was terminated on March 31, 1947, and the US military became an all-volunteer force until new legislation authorizing a draft was adopted in 1948. [ 19 ] The number of personnel in the US military between mid-1945 and mid-1947 was reduced almost 90 percent, from more than 12 million to about 1.5 million.
July 20, 1948: President Truman issued the second peacetime military draft in the United States amid increasing tensions of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, which endured until the early 1970s. July 26, 1948: Turnip Day Session begins, special session called by Truman on July 15, 1948, before November elections
The peacetime draft passed on June 19, 1948. Continued protests by Randolph and pacifists led to Truman passing Executive Order 9981, which abolished segregation in the military. This brought an end to Peck working with Randolph. On June 5, 1948, Peck joined 75 demonstrators in a creative picket outside the White House against UMT.