I imagine they would have come back if they were give $50 up front, or retroactive back pay up front.
They sat around for days after their units surrendered and made it clear they had not been paid in two months. Hell, Bremer not only said no to the back pay-he disbanded them. Imagine all you want. That does not work in war when good Intel, sound tactics, appropriate ROE’s etc should be implemented. Hell, we have had men and women riding up and down MSR’s like idiots asking to get blown up because idiots for Gens who were BN CO’s in RVN changed the Army into mech infantry BS around the mid 70’s. Hell, I would have been killed in 68 had I hunted VC and NVA on roads. That is stupid.