Teenage Draft: Correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. Dan C. Hinson (Lancaster, S.C.) to Senator Burnet R. Maybank, September 11, 1942
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- Title:
- Teenage Draft: Correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. Dan C. Hinson (Lancaster, S.C.) to Senator Burnet R. Maybank, September 11, 1942
- Date:
- 1942
- Creator (Personal):
- Hinson, Dan C.
- Description:
- A letter from a South Carolinian to Senator Maybank concerning the change in the draft age to eighteen and nineteen. This citizen writes on behalf of his son, who works in order to help out his struggling family. He shares the anxiety his son had once he heard the possibility of being drafted at his young age. He suggests that the number of men who are older and don't contribute to their community be considered to be drafted first.
- Collection Title:
- Senator Burnet R. Maybank Papers, 1914-1973
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Documents
- Topical Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945 and Drafts--United States
- Geographic Subject:
- South Carolina
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 0085 Box 4 Folder 21
- Date Digital:
- 2015-08-11
- Digitization Specifications:
- 300 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL, Archival masters are tiffs.
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Copyright status undetermined.
- Access Statement:
- For more information contact Special Collections at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 27806
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