Absentee ballots gave American citizens in uniform a voice in their nation’s government during World War II.

Before John Coltrane became recognized as an influential jazz musician, he served with the US Navy band the Melody Masters. 

Civilian workers struggle to keep their cars running amid strict wartime restrictions.

Must-reads of 2021 picked by historians and scholars in the Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. 

On September 16, 1940, the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft.