Micky’s Fact Sheet – 9-16-26
THE MICKY SPANO RADIO SHOW HISTORY • CONTEXT • THE FACTS SEPTEMBER 16, 1940 AMERICA ENACTS ITS FIRST PEACETIME DRAFT On September 16, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, often associated with its congressional sponsors as the Burke-Wadsworth Act. For the first time in American history, the … Read more