70 years ago today - Mar 23, 1942

[General] The First Presidency announced that for the duration of World War II it would call only older men who had been ordained high priests or seventies on full-time missions.

[Source: Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html]