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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 528, 529-JULY 28, 1942 service of the United States at any time after September 8, 1939, shall have successfully completed the course at a training school for officers and shall have been recommended for appointment to a com- missioned grade by the officer commanding or in charge of such school, and who shall have been unable to receive or accept such appointment by reason of his death in line of duty; and any such posthumous appointment and commission shall issue as of the date of such recommendation, and any such person's name shall be carried upon the records of the appropriate department as having served in the grade and branch of the service to which he shall thus have been appointed from the date of such recommendation to the date of his death. SEC. 3. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue, or cause to be issued, an appropriate commission in the name of any person who, while in the military or naval service of the United States at any time after September 8, 1939, shall have been officially recom- mended for appointment or promotion to a commissioned grade, which recommendation shall have been duly approved by the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy, and who shall have been unable to receive or accept such appointment or promotion by reason of his death in line of duty; and any such posthumous appointment or pro- motion and commission shall issue as of the date of such approval and such person's name shall be carried upon the records of the War or Navy Department as having served in the grade and branch of the service to which he would have been appointed or promoted by such commission from the date of such approval to the date of his death. SEC. 4. That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, severally authorized to issue, or cause to be issued, an appropriate warrant in the name of any person who, while in the military or naval service of the United States at any time after September 8, 1939, shall have been officially recommended for appoint- ment or promotion to a noncommissioned grade and who shall have been unable to receive or accept such appointment or promotion by reason of his death in line of duty; and any such posthumous appoint- ment or promotion and warrant shall issue as of the date of such official recommendation and such person's name shall be carried upon the records of the War or Navy Department as having served in the grade and branch of the service to which he would have been appointed or promoted by such warrant from the date of such official recommendation to the date of his death. SEC. 5. That no person shall be entitled to receive any bonus, gratu- ity, pay, or allowances by virtue of any provision of this Act. Approved, July 28, 1942. [CHAPTER 529] AN ACT To amend the joint resolution approved August 27, 1940 (54 Stat. 858), as amended, and the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 885), as amended, so as to remove the requirement that medical statements shall be furnished to those persons performing military service thereunder. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 (a) of the joint resolution approved August 27, 1940 (54 Stat. 858), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. (a) Any member of any reserve component of the land or naval forces who is on active duty or who may be assigned to active duty and who, in the judgment of those in authority over him, satis- factorily completes such active duty, and any person so ordered into 723 Issuance of appoint- ment and commission; date. Persons recom- mended and approved for appointment or promotion. Issuance of com- mission; date. Posthumous ap- pointment or promo- tion to noncommis- sioned grade. Issuance of warrant; date. Bonus, etc. July 28, 1942 [S. 2368] [Public Law 681] 50 U. S. C., app. 403 (a). Reserve forces on active duty. Certificates on com- pletion of service.

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