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[–] 30 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The draft was already authorized to go up to 45, just hasn't been used that high.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    I thought it was 44, and I’m seeing examples of that happening back during WW2, such as Pvt. William S. Frederick, Sr.

    Along the dusty road to Camp Gruber, forty-four-year-old Pvt. William S. Frederick, Sr., encountered his own son, twenty-year-old Pvt. William S. Frederick, Jr. Both were taxicab drivers from Olean, New York; neither had dependents; and both had been snapped up by their local draft board.

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