Draft Dodging in WW2?
Conscientious objectors did not get much slack in WWII and were often thrown in with the combat troops despite their objection. At least , in Vietnam, they made an effort to make medics out of the CO's and usually those guys were at least as brave as the combat troops. Here is an angle that you might try for your story though and it is true. I live near the Great Smokey Mountains National Park, which would have been very new in the 1940's and there were numerous resident cabins still standing in that time. The part was (and is) pretty remote in some locations and, if a person got to shelter, then living in one of those abandoned cabins would have been pretty easy. Walk in and walk out to buy supplies, catch a ride to a distant town to throw off anyone watching to see where you went in or came out, travel by night and return under cover of darkness. Game was plentiful before the park service hunted out the larger animals and there were several million acres and too few people to look for the estimated 250 people who sat out the war in the park or the surrounding national forest. Try building your story around a person escaping into the vast wildernesses in America seventy years ago. There are so many acres out west as to stagger the mind and half of the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia are wilderness in that time. Sounds like a good story line. Less likely would be going to sea as a merchant marine in a foreign navy, hiding out in the Amazon River basin or the Andes. Also, many went to Switzerland, but the Swiss weren't too impressed with evading service and kicked their butts out. No escaping to Canada either for the same reason. Of course, there is always hiding in the basement and being really quiet when someone comes around to catch a draft-dodger, but that might seem too obvious. Good luck and the mountain hideaway is true. Also done in the Poconos with some success and some remarkable failures.
How does the military draft work?
Through the lottery process, each person was designated a number according to their birthday, with depending when your birth date was picked in the lottery, in other words, birth dates were picked in random order, and assigned a number that corresponded with the order that they were picked in. Those With the lowest numbers being drafted first. however in many countries, military service is mandatory, and when you reach your enlistment age you automatically are put into the military service.
What happens if you run way from a U.S Draft by the military?
There is no draft and their hasn't been one since 1973. the only requirement is to register with the selective service by the time you are 26. You may register when you turn 18 at the nearest social security office or post office you can also do this online. If however you have failed to register by the time you turn 26 you can be brought up on charges. During the time of the draft though it was illegal to leave the country to avoid the draft and your citizen ship was revoked and upon your return to the states you were brought up on charges. Many deserters and draft evaders from the Vietnam era still remain in Canada and Europe, despite the general pardon granted to the evaders by President Carter.
Fantasy Football: Do kick returns count as points?
Only if he scores a touchdown. A return touchdown counts as 6 points in most leagues.
Can I cancel a bank draft and get my money back?
I got a bank draft for a deposit on a program I was going to be doing. I've decided to back out of the program and I'm wondering if I bring the bank draft back to the bank can they put the money back into my account? Sorry, I'm really new to understanding all these payment methods etc. Thanks NOTE: I still have the actual draft they gave me. (the piece of paper). I haven't given it to the program yet.
Will the UK ever reintroduce military conscription?
It’s very unlikely.Conscription is for producing large armies and it’s been out of favour in Britain since the 1960s.It was decided then that taking two years out of the lives of young men produced indifferent servicemen for too short a period. What the armed forces wanted was people who would be in for decades and actually become effective at their jobs, justifying the expense of training and equipping them.Now, if the future of warfare were for some reason to create wars that last for many years, during which losses in the armed forces had to be made up from people who didn’t want to join then yes, you could get a return to conscription.But as it is general wars look likely to be brief and very nasty.
Why does my chimney backdraft when I run the central air conditioner and the clothes dryer?
Some of the posters have hit on it. You need more make-up air in the house. Vent fans, dryers, range vents and furnace/AC all create a negative pressure in your house when in use. To make up for that, air is drawn in wherever possible. The answer is to add a make-up air vent which leads into the return air trunk of your heating and cooling ductwork. What it is: depending on the size of the home, probably a 6" duct that has a vent to the outside of the home (or 2 6" ducts in a larger home). There is a baffle inside the duct that only opens when a negative air pressure situation arises. It can be done as a DIY project if you have any "tin knocking" experience. Otherwise any local heating and cooling company can do it for you in about an hour or two. You'll find this a better solution than opening doors, windows or flues.
What will you do if conscription happens again?
From a personal point of view, it won’t matter. I am so unbelievably unhealthy that no army in its right mind would ever want to conscript me. (And I don’t just mean - for example - I am fat, or I smoke, or I drink - no. I mean serious health issues the likes of which would render me unfit for service in The Salvation Army, let alone an actual military!)But - on a wider scale (because if I only ever thought of myself I would be no better than a Tory MP) I would protest against it most vociferously.No one has the right to force someone else to take up arms and kill against their will. Taking a life is not something anyone should be forced to do, and certainly not in a war they might disagree with for politicians who don’t care about the people they are using as toy soldiers on a battle field a thousand miles away.If they are so convinced their war is just, let them volunteer first. Let them conscript their own children before they conscript other men and women’s children to die. Let them go and fight before they force others to do so.