Men born between 1893 and 1897 reminded to register for the draft

Post by ajuc » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 3:03 PM UTC

donutello wrote: post #7

x1798DE wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure why anyone is memory conservative these days anyway, but it's possible they thought about it but figured that there weren't that many people over the age of 118 floating around, and even if they get a letter reminding them to register for the draft, they'd just ignore it.

> but figured that there weren't that many people over the age of 118 floating around The letter shown in the example was sent to someone who died in 1992 so there's at least some evidence to suggest that floating around is not a necessary condition to receive the letter.

Post by josu » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 3:05 PM UTC

lukecampbell wrote: post #10

The article said 14,000 men. Is that possible that there are that many folks in Pennsylvania that were born between those dates?

Post by Fuxy » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 3:10 PM UTC

InclinedPlane wrote: post #12

lukecampbell wrote: post #10

The article said 14,000 men. Is that possible that there are that many folks in Pennsylvania that were born between those dates?

The article also said that they sent letters addressed to individuals who were no longer living.

Post by evan_ » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 3:27 PM UTC

lukecampbell wrote: post #10

The article said 14,000 men. Is that possible that there are that many folks in Pennsylvania that were born between those dates?

Post by michaelt » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 3:40 PM UTC

facorreia wrote: post #2

> the agency uses a two-digit code for the birth year I find that surprising, I would expect even newcomer professionals to at least have heard about the Y2K bug.