Who Am I Anyway?

[Jim Choate]

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Duncan Frissell wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Jim Choate wrote:
> 
> > Bullshit, if they had birth certificates they were required to produce
> > them. And if you worked on the neuclear weapons then the FBI most
> > certainly did do a background check.
> 
> But of course they weren't required to have birth certificates.

Which is beside your point. Your statement was that the government didn't
do ANY identification for ANY of the soldiers in WWII. Patently wrong.
Quit trying to change the rules in the middle of the game.

> It also seems to me that a large number of under age troopies managed to
>  enlist.

AFTER the war started, not before. When the initial draft was executed it
was for 21-25 year old males only. They were required to register so that
the government knew who was getting drafted. That qualifies as
'identification' and is proof contrary to your assertion.


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