If so, the the difference was that Army psychologists did not consider masculinity to be toxic but essential, and the illiterate (like those from Sargent York's area) were the latter, but knew how to work and hunt and shoot without being always told what to do (and could be taught how to work as a team). And besides the momism, far more recruits had actual fathers and mothers in one house, and who far more fostered strong and disciplined character than today. America could not prevail in a WW2 if fought on its terms today, and not simply because we have lost the essential manufacturing capability but due to our weak character.
True in a number of regards but among the many WW2 vets I knew there seemed to be two distinct type of men I met. A few said they had either been in their first or second year of college when they were called up. Some were even already serving in the ROTC. And quite a number were either working on farms or had a factory job at 15, 16 or 17 and were the sole bread winner providing in place of an absent father who’d run off or died early.