Letter from Jack Chisholm to the draft board

Jack Chisholm, 1920s

Snoqualmie Falls, Washington

February 28, 1944

Local Board No 1

King County

North Bend

Dear Sirs:

Re. order No. 10236, Serial No. T 641

Not knowing just what you consider evidence for reclassification I can only name those consideration that I think will bear on my case whether they are used by you or left to the physical examination.

I will be forty this coming June

I have a wife and two children

I have a 20% permanent partial disability; broke heel and fallen arch that requires specially built shoes ($22 a pair).

Had goitre removed just three years ago and still have to take thyroid daily to keep heart action normal.

Hae sciatica rheumatism frequently.

Have driven bakery and dairy trucks since last Fall. At present am off temporarily to saw wood.

Jack Chisholm

This was during World War 2. He didn't ever go to be a soldier, so the draft board apparently took the disabilities (which were true) seriously. He did sit a lookout (with the whole family) to watch for enemy airplanes. (I don't think they ever saw one, though.) And he did spend some time guarding the Tokul Creek bridge, which at that point was a weak link on the only road that went through Snoqualmie pass. (I never heard of them ever having to stop anyone who was intent on doing damage.)

Irene & Jack
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