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FDR: “Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to require any person to be subject to combatant training and service…”

On the recordDecember 5, 1940
Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to require any person to be subject to combatant training and service in the land or naval forces of the United States who, by reason of religious training and belief, is conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 8606—Definition of Noncombatant Training and Service

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