"Extra! Extra! December 7, 1940 - Mother, do you know what this means. Louis and maybe Charles will have to go to war!"
Eldon - October 11, 1945waiting to board the bus to the induction center
Eldon received his orders to report for the draft on 11 October 1945 by going to Denver on a bus to the Induction Center. We all knew that his heart condition would never permit him to be drafted, but he had to go and be examined by the doctors at the Induction Center. As we all knew, he was declared to be 4/F and was rejected as a candidate for the Army.
Selective Service - Certificate of Fitness
Charlotte - Charles ---------------------------- Eldon - Catherine MillerThis picture appears to have been taken when Chuck was home on leave.
Eldon and Charlotte were in the same grade in school. She later married Eldon's older brother, Charles. He was a good friend with Charlotte and Leona while his brothers, Louis and Charles - their fiances/husbands were away during World War II.
Does that make sense? Brothers - Louis and Charles Butler married sisters - Leona and Charlotte Carpenter.
2 comments:
Chuck and Leona were in the same classroom in the eighth grade. They were also in the same graduating class in highschool--1943. If they were going to draft Eldon in 1945, He may have graduated a year before Charlotte. Surely they wouldn't have drafted him when he was still in school. The country was very concerned about getting all the young men trained to defend our country. When a young man left home after basic training, it was usually for the duration of the war. elb
Eldon did graduate the same year as Charlotte-1946. He became 18 years old on September 7, 1945. The boys had to report for the draft when they reached their 18th birthday. That's the reason he had to go before the draft board before he graduated. elb
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