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Executive Order 9988
Prescribing Portions of the Selective Service Regulations
Signed by Harry S. Truman on Aug 20, 1948.
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Vote Files. (2026, September 26). Executive Order 9988: Prescribing Portions of the Selective Service Regulations [Executive order record]. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-9988
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Vote Files. "Executive Order 9988: Prescribing Portions of the Selective Service Regulations." Last modified September 26, 2026. Accessed September 27, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-9988.
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@misc{votefiles_eo_9988,
author = {{Vote Files}},
title = {{Executive Order 9988: Prescribing Portions of the Selective Service Regulations}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-9988}},
note = {Citation ID eo-9988; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1948.html; last checked 2026-09-26; accessed 2026-09-27}
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Amended by
EO 9992, August 28, 1948; EO 10001, September 17, 1948; EO 10008, October 18, 1948; EO 10116, March 9, 1950; EO 10202, January 12, 1951; EO 10230, March 31, 1951; EO 10232, April 18, 1951; EO 10258, June 26, 1951; EO 10292, September 25, 1951; EO 10344, April 17, 1952; EO 10363, June 17, 1952; EO 10366, June 26, 1952; EO 10420, December 17, 1952; EO 10594, January 31, 1955; EO 10659, February 15, 1956; EO 10714, June 13, 1957; EO 10809, March 19, 1959; EO 10984, January 5, 1962; EO 11188, November 17, 1964
Revoked by
EO 12553, February 25, 1986
National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.