Clay Co. Men Inducted in late March 1945

Even as the war prospects were improving in March 1945, the Selective Service kept the pipeline busy with replacements for men who had been on active duty for up to three-plus years.

My cousin, Rolland Ernest Johnson, was 20 years old as he left Clay Center on March 25, 1945.

Personal perspective: it was 21 years and three months later on June 28, 1966 that I left for basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas at age 23. Seems somehow circular.