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Show Final Army Duty Signing Discharge " i. i: i I - jf I ? . fto.-xto..v.v. .. .fajtA yX-. W... .--.... J His final job in the army is to sign all papers, place his thumb print on his honorable discharge and then check the clothing that will be issued to him. The government will have a big postwar job, the filing and preserving pre-serving of the records of more than 10 million members of the armed forces. These records must be in excellent shape, and contain the complete war record of each man. All future claims will be determined by the records on "-.charge day. The task of discharging this vast army has already begun but will not be completed until months after V-J Day. Many men have expressed a desire to remain in service during peacetime. Provisions are being made to permit them to stay in the regular army, navy or marines. At the present lime no mass discharge of naval men is being planned. The process of discharging those in the navy, when it gets under way, will be similar to that of the army. |