In the US you went by passenger train from your home town, or the nearest big town with a train station, to your induction center, for basic training. Once trained, troops moved in large groups by troop trains, on the railroads. They eventually went to Ports of Embarkation, to be put on ships and carried to an overseas base.
It was transported by pigeons!
Drafted.
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Women were, and are never DRAFTED. only men.
During World War II, men of military age were drafted into the war.
If you mean, was he ever in the military, the answer is no. Born in 1899, he was too young to be drafted in World War One, and WAY too old to serve in any meaningful capacity in World War Two.
It was transported by pigeons!
Drafted.
Yes, being in college did keep one from being drafted into World War II.
No
children
Alex Steiner was drafted into the army in The Book Thief because all able-bodied men of a certain age were required to serve in the military during World War II in Germany. This was a common practice during times of war to increase military manpower and support the war effort.
no!
Yes if drafted
10 million
They drafted.
Sadness.