enlisting in war?

Question

what do you know about enlisting in the war in the 1950's? what did you have to do? like fill out some paperwork then go to a training camp? that easy? or not as easy? please be nice.
Thanks.
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Answer 1

There was a Military Draft from WW II until 1976 I believe. A letter ws sent to male's whose Selective Service Number was picked, the letter was called getting your GREETINGS. It started. "Greetings from the President of the United States, you are hereby ordered to report to your Selective Service Office located at.........." When you reported, a bus was used to transport each male to receive a physical to see if you qualified for the branchs that drafted. Usually, the Army and Marines. Everyond had an option to join any Branch if they didnt want to go into either the Army or Marines. I know because I was drafed during the Vietnam WAr, but I joined the US Air Force. I hope that helps a bit.

Answer 2

In the '50s, there was a draft and there also was the Korean War that lasted from 1950 to 1953. You could
enlist into the US Army, fill out some paperwork, be inducted into the Military by taking a oath to defend the Constitution of the US and your country against all enemies foreign or domestic, then you report to a basic training unit and take 9 weeks of good, hard military training to make a soldier out of you, then you report to your permently assigned duty station for however long that you signed up for. You can sign up for a school of
your choice, a military school for career minded people.
I retired from the US Army after serving 21 years.

Answer 3

One cannot enlist in a war. One can enlist in the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines or Coast Guard here in the U.S. Other countries have similar organizations. As for a war during the 1950s, the Korean War was from 1950 to 1953, the Cold War was from 1948 through the 1980s. Can you be a little more specific?

Answer 4

You could either enlist or were drafted. You enlisted in the military, but not necessarily to go off to war. During the Korean conflict many enlistees and draftees did go to Korea, but not all.m There were other duty stations that needed people assigned to them besides Korea.

The procedure for enlistment was much the same then as it is today. You signed up with a recruiter, went and had a preliminary physical, and if you passed and after you took an aptitude test which was much like an IQ test, you were given a date and time to report for transportation to boot camp. The whole process probably took three weeks.

For draftees, the drill was much the same. Once you got your draft notice you were instructed to report at a certain time and to a certain place. If you failed to report for duty, they sent out the dogs.

My enlistment days were prior to airlines having jet airplanes. A flight from Chicago to San Diego took approximately eight hours on a super constellation. This was a four engine, prop driven passenger plane that needed to fuel up at least once on it's way to the west coast. It seemed like it took forever!

Answer 5

Once upon a time there was such a thing called the draft. Men that were of the age of 18 were sent these papers by the government.

Some of these young men did not have to enlist due to family hardships or they did not meet health criteria.

Boot camp was and always been hard on these men. It was much harder then than it is right now. The military is very lax with discpiline now versus back in the old days.

Answer 6

I think there was a draft and papers were sent out and u had to meet at a train station and then ride a train to a fort boot camp to get trained for war and then ship out to war or fly to war.

Answer 7

1950 WAS THE KOREAN WAR ERA. WE HAD JUST COME OFF A HARD FOUGHT EUROPEAN AND ASIA WAR. WWII. I CAN NOT SPEAK FOR THAT ERA I WAS VIETNAM.
BASIC TRAINING WAS 8 WEEKS
ADVANCE TRAINING IS ANOTHER 8 WEEKS
THEN TO PERMANENT DUTY STATION WHERE OJT (ON THE JOB TRAINING) IS TESTED. TRAINING IN THE MILITARY IS A ON GOING JOB WHEN EXPOSED TO YOUR SKILL TRAINING. MORE RESPONSIBILITY MEANT MORE TRAINING .
TRAINING FROM BASIC THROUGH MY MILITARY DISCHARGE WAS HARD BUT U HAVE TO BE READY PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY FOR THE WORST IN ORDER FOR U TO DO YOUR BEST.