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    What were the age limits, youngest and oldest, for conscription in World War II for Japanese and American men?

    Question #99914. Asked by lexi_3333. (Oct 04 08 5:19 AM)


    zbeckabee

    		There were differences from country to country as to the age that youths and men were drafted.

    In 1941, by a one vote margin in the House, Congress extended the one-year draft. After Pearl Harbor, Congress extended the draft to men age 18-38 (at one point, 18-45).

    http://uspolitics.about.com/od/electionissues/a/draft_2.htm

    On the other hand, Japan had conscripted practically the entire adult population. All males aged fifteen to sixty, and all females ages seventeen to forty-five, had been conscripted.

    http://socrates58.blogspot.com/2008/05/japanese-universal-military.html

    Oct 04 08, 7:59 AM

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