It's late 1940; Harold Peay is 31 years old with a wife and three young boys. Eight tenuous years of FDR and the New Deal trying to pull the economy out the Great Depression has resulted in massive government debt. The United States enacts conscription in September of 1940. The Federal Government is requiring that every male between the ages of 21 and 36 serve in the armed forces for at least 12 months.
Think about that; every male ― 21 to 36 ― required to join the military for at least 12 months.
