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Cherokee County, Iowa |
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Cherokee County, Iowa |
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1940 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men
were drafted to fill vacancies in the United States Armed Forces that
could not be filled through voluntary means. Young men, aged 21 -
36, were drafted to serve for two yearsand it was considered a man's patriotic duty to serve. Source: wikipedia.org |
| 1957 |
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(click image to enlarge) The
above Cherokee County men were drafted in June 1957. L-R front row:
Merrill Niles, Cherokee; Vincent Specht, Cherokee; Vernon Ebert,
Marcus; Back row: Douglas Ralston, Wayne, NE; Prentiss Lamont, Jr.,
Cherokee; Kermit Reed, Cherokee; Keith Robeson, Washta.Photo contributed by Dawn Jaminet |
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