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INDUCTION STATISTICS
The following shows the numbers of men who entered military
service through the Selective Service System during major 20th century conflicts
in which the U.S. was engaged.
Conflict and Number of Inductions:
| WWI: (Sept. 1917-Nov. 1918) |
2,810,296 |
| WWII: (Nov.
1940-Oct. 1946) |
10,110,104 |
| Korea: (June
1950-June 1953) |
1,529,539 |
| Vietnam: (Aug
1964- Feb 1973) |
1,857,304
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Inductions (by year) from World War I through the end of
the draft (1973)
| Year: |
Number of Inductions |
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1917:
1918:
1940:
1941:
1942:
1943:
1944:
1945:
1946:
1947:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953:
1954:
1955:
1956:
1957:
1958:
1959:
1960:
1961:
1962:
1963:
1964:
1965:
1966:
1967:
1968:
1969:
1970:
1971:
1972:
1973: |
516,212
2,294,084
18,633
923,842
3,033,361
3,323,970
1,591,942
945,862
183,383
0
20,348
9,781
219,771
551,806
438,479
471,806
253,230
152,777
137,940
138,504
142,246
96,153
86,602
118,586
82,060
119,265
112,386
230,991
382,010
228,263
296,406
283,586
162,746
94,092
49,514
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The last man inducted entered the Army on June 30, 1973.
For more than 50 years, Selective Service and the
registration requirement for America's young men have served as a backup system
to provide manpower to the U.S. Armed Forces.
President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training
and Service Act of 1940 which created the country's first peacetime draft and
formally established the Selective Service System as an independent Federal
agency.
From 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of
conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not
be filled through voluntary means.
In 1973, the draft ended and the U.S. converted to an
All-Volunteer military.
The registration requirement was suspended in April 1975. It
was resumed again in 1980 by President Carter in response to the Soviet invasion
of Afghanistan. Registration continues today as a hedge against underestimating
the number of servicemen needed in a future crisis.
The obligation of a man to register is imposed by the
Military Selective Service Act. The Act establishes and governs the operations
of the Selective Service System.
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