Draft Deferment: World War I

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Draft Deferment: World War I

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In the United States, a total of 2,810,296 men were drafted between September 1917 and November 1918, drawing from the pool of men born on or before 1900.

See also Draft Deferment.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Walter Benjamin Philosopher 15-Jul-1892 26-Sep-1940 The Arcades Project

Jack Dempsey Boxing 24-Jun-1895 31-May-1983 Heavyweight champ

Ronald Fisher Mathematician 17-Feb-1890 29-Jul-1962 Analysis of variance and covariance

Loy W. Henderson Diplomat 28-Jun-1892 24-Mar-1986 US Ambassador to Iran, 1951-54

Rogers Hornsby Baseball 27-Apr-1896 5-Jan-1963 The Raj

Franz Kafka Novelist 3-Jul-1883 3-Jun-1924 Metamorphosis

Joseph P. Kennedy Business 6-Sep-1888 18-Nov-1969 Smuggler and patriarch of the Kennedy clan

Babe Ruth Baseball 6-Feb-1895 16-Aug-1948 The Bambino

James Thurber Author 8-Dec-1894 2-Nov-1961 Short story writer and cartoonist

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