Learn about sepsis (blood infection) symptoms, causes, treatment, prognosis, and prevention. Causes of sepsis include pneumonia and urinary tract infection. People who are septic are in a state of shock. Find out if sepsis is contagious.
From 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means. In 1973, the draft ended and the U.S. converted to an All-Volunteer military. The registration requirement was suspended in April 1975. It was resumed again in 1980 by President Carter in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
World War II ended on August 14, 1945, with the unconditional surrender of Japan. In Washington, President Harry S. Truman turned his attention to the pressing needs of Americans.Twelve million soldiers returned to look for jobs, homes, and financial security.ongress greeted the Fair Deal with antipathy. Truman gained few concessions, and only one of his major platform planks, a public-housing program, became law. Trying to make the 81st Congress perform is and has been worse than cursing the 80th, an exasperated Truman wrote.