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Laumann et al. (1997) reported an incidence of circumcision of 53 percent in 1941.<ref name="laumann1997" />
<b>World War II.</b> America entered the war after the Empire of Japan attached attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941. This was followed by Germany declaring war on the United States.
The information on military circumcision in WWII is sketchy and anecdotal. It appears that many [[foreskinned]] American men were encouraged and, in some cases, forced to be circumcised. It seems that the American military's foreskin-phobia and circumcision policy persisted through the Korean War (1950-52) but was discontinued by a change in policy thereafter.