This week’s #FridayFind isn’t the height of your great-grandfather but his “other obvious physical characteristics that will aid in identification.”

While most draft cards can tell you things like height, weight, and even eye color, a lucky few will have something written in the free-for-all section below the description chart. Our expert genealogists came across one such case in the example above.

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WWII Draft Registration Cards, St. Louis, MO, 25 Apr 1942.

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