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6 unusual facts about Selective Service System


4F

4-F (US military), a military classification under the United States' Selective Service System for candidates found to be unfit for military service after formal examination by the Entrance Processing Command

Birdie Tebbetts

Despite holding a 3-A draft classification because his mother's dependency, Tebbetts applied for an Army Air Corps commission.

Red Ruffing

Despite his age (37) and missing toes, a United States Army doctor certified Ruffing as Class 1-B in the Selective Service System, overruled Ruffing's personal physician, who had ruled Ruffing unfit for service.

Selective Service System

The Selective Service Act of 1917 (40 Stat. 76) was passed by the 65th United States Congress on May 18, 1917 creating the Selective Service System.

The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was passed by the 76th United States Congress on September 16, 1940, establishing the first peacetime conscription in United States history.

The Gay Deceivers

The Gay Deceivers follows Danny and Elliot, two friends who try to get out of the draft by pretending to be gay.


Bruce Kovner

Avoiding the Vietnam draft by student deferment (when it was still available), Kovner stayed at Harvard, studying political economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, notably under prominent conservative scholar Edward C. Banfield, who reportedly had great faith and admiration for the young Kovner.


see also

Rosetta Burke

The appointment, made available by President Bill Clinton and was signed by the National Director of the Selective Service System, Gil Coronado.