Elvis is, perhaps, the most famous draftee in military history. After all, Presley was already a huge star when he was pressed into military service in 1958. During his time in the Army he still had several hit songs, and afterward he would make the film “G.I. Blues” and keep on...
provoked a hostile public response because it excused from military service those who were able to pay a fee of three hundred dollars. The law incited violent public disturbances, called the Draft Riots, in New York City between July 13 and 16, 1863. One thousand people were injured in the...
“How does the military draft work?” you might ask. The military draft, also known as conscription, was first formally introduced in the United States during the Civil War. It was later incorporated during both World Wars and the Korean War. The most notorious use of the military draft occ...
By the timeElvis Presleywas drafted into theU.S. Army, he was already one of America’s biggest stars, with a string of hit songs, movies and memorable TV performances under his belt. So when he received a draft notice, qualified as a 1-A draftee and then actually joined the Army, ...
When World War I and World War II were pending, the U.S. Congress passed selective service acts that gave the president the authority to draft men into the military. Throughout the wars in Korea and Vietnam, several selective service acts also were passed. During these various periods of ...
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Japanese government and military was involved in and used force to draft 'comfort women.' During the Kim Dae-jung administration, the Japanese military comfort women was an issue between the two countries that seemed to have been diplomatically settled at the time under the president's leadership...
, shallow-draft vessels, initially to patrol the coastal areas and later for work in the interior waterways as part of thebrown-water navyto interdict Vietcong movement of arms and munitions, transport Vietnamese forces and insert SEAL teams for counterinsurgency operations during the Vietnam War...
The Selective Service Act (May 18, 1917): The first military draft since the Civil War is passed by Congress. Gen. John J. Pershing (May 26, 1917): John “Black Jack” Pershing is named commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). 1918 Pandemic: The first cases of “Spanish...
USS Cogswell (DD-651) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy, serving in World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War. The ship is named in honor of Rear Admiral James Kelsey Cogswell, who served during the Spanish-American War, and Captai