Frank Cademartori Trains With George Patton in Tennessee
The United States passed the Selective Training and Service Act on September 16, 1940. This meant that all men between 22 and 45 were required to register for the draft. This was the United States first peacetime draft in history.
Frank Anthony Cademartori – of Chicago, Illinois would be 22 years old on March 3, 1941. Like millions of other young men, Frank went to the local draft board to register.
I can not imagine what that felt like — to the boys — to their loved ones — uncertainty is the only word that comes to my mind.
It didn’t take long for Frank’s number to be called. On January 3, 1941, the young man who had been learning to be a tool and dye operator became an employee of the United States Army. His job ended on December 9, 1945, when he was honorably discharged.
