 The rationale behind the law lay partly in providing a means for drafted individuals to return to their jobs at the cessation of hostilities.After the war, the United States Supreme Court upheld the spirit of the law's protections in "Fishgold v. Sullivan Drydock" 328 U.S. 275,284 (1946) when it held that the Act allowed the reemployment of an employee drafted to fight the war.The Supreme Court in Fishgold not only allowed the reemployment of a service person but also held that, with regards to advancement opportunities the service person missed while serving abroad, the service person "step[ped] back on at the precise point he would have occupied had he kept his position continuously during the war."