 a citizen of the United States, do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this 26th day of July, 1942, as a soldier in the Army of the United States of America with the rank of technical sergeant for the period of the duration of the war plus six months under the conditions prescribed by law and less sooner discharged by proper authority, and do also agree to accept from the United States such bounty, pay rations, and clothing as or may be established by law.