re: My dad told me about getting drafted in the army

My dad at age 33 was drafted in last call of 1943. When he got to the induction center in New Orleans, the Navy asked for volunteers, So he volunteered for the Navy. When he got on the navy side, the navy asked for welders to volunteer into the Marines.

He volunteered into the Marines. He had a wife and 3 children. The allotment for the wife was $60/ a month & $20 fro each child. Total income was $120. a month, to feed clothe etc.

There were no freebies in those days.

The reason why he was drafted ,was because he quit a job as a welder at the Orange Tx ship yard, after working 2 years on the midnight shift, working 7 days a week