Continued notes for Selective Training and Service Act.
- Draft was in October 1940
- In the summer of 1941 FDR asked the congress to extend the term of duty for the draftees beyond 12 months
- House of Reps approved the extension
- soldiers threatened to desert once the original 12 months of their service was up.
- after the attack on Pearl Harbor, thousands of men and women volunteered for service
- After US entered WW2 a new act was made
- Men between 18 and 45 were liable for military service and required all men between 18 and 65 to register
- the 12 months was extended to 6 months after the war
- 1940-1947, when the selective service act expired, over 10 million men were inducted
Pearl Harbor:
- the attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the US Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in SE Asia against overseas territories of the UK, Netherlands, and US
- plans began in 1941
- known as the operation of Hawaii
- The Japanese launched their airplanes in two waves, approximately 45 minutes apart
- When Japanese Commander Mitsuo Fuchida called out, "Tora! Tora! Tora!" ("Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!") upon flying over Pearl Harbor, it was a message to the entire Japanese navy telling them they had caught the Americans totally by surprise.
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