Lewish Blaine Hershey
Hershey, Lewis Blaine (1893–1977), a United States army officer. As director of the Selective Service System, 1941–69, he was in charge of drafting men into the armed forces during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnamese War.
Hershey was born near Angola, Indiana. He graduated from Tri–State College in 1914 and became a high school principal. Hershey joined the National Guard in 1911 and served in World War I. He was commissioned in the regular army in 1920. In 1936 he was appointed secretary and executive officer of the Joint Army and Navy Selective Service Committee. In 1940 he was promoted to brigadier general. He became a major general in 1942, and in 1956 he was made a lieutenant general. In 1970 he was made a four-star general and named adviser to President Nixon on manpower mobilization. He retired in 1973.