Frank Sinatra signs his induction papers while Chief Clerk Mrs. Mae E. Jones helps out at local board No. 19 on 160 Danforth St., Jersey City in 1943.

Sinatra did not serve in the military during World War II. On December 11, 1943, he was officially classified 4-F (“Registrant not acceptable for military service”) by his draft board because of a perforated eardrum. Toward the end of the war, Sinatra entertained the troops during several successful overseas USO tours with comedian Phil Silvers.