Papers of Lewis B. Hershey, 2/1966 - 5/1968. Speech Files, 2/1966 - 5/1968.

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Papers of Lewis B. Hershey, 2/1966 - 5/1968. Speech Files, 2/1966 - 5/1968.

1966-1968

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This series consists of remarks by General Lewis B. Hershey while he served as Director of the Selective Service under President Lyndon B. Johnson. The remarks were made before various committees of Congress. The remarks are about the Selective Service System, its methods and operations, and the military manpower requirements it needed to fill. A large portion of the remarks are about deferments, how they benefitted the military and society, and who should be deferred.

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Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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Hershey, Lewis Blaine, 1893-1977

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Lewis Blaine Hershey (September 12, 1893 – May 20, 1977) was the Director of the Selective Service System of the United States. An Indiana native, Hershey joined the National Guard in 1911. His unit served at the Mexican border in 1916. After World War I, he moved to the Army and became a captain in 1920. He also taught military science at Ohio State University and, as a active volunteer, earned several prestigious Scouting awards. In 1936, he was made secretary of the Joint Army and Navy Selec...