“Shortly after, Pearl, American men were circling the cities looking for induction centers.”
We had two relatives signup shortly after the attack on Pearl. One was a younger cousin of my Dad. He joined the 45th and fought in Africa, Italy and was serverely wounded in Italy and survived with a metal plate in his head.
The other was a maternal uncle, who was a collegiate tennis player and a great shot. He became a radio operator, and he and his helper somehow survived physically. Mentally, it took him about 2 decades to mentally relax particuliarly at bedtime. He never talked about his service.
I had an uncle who, like so many others, wanted to enlist in the Navy, because that’s where the fight against the Japanese was seen to be. He’d heard from a friend that, those who asked for the Navy were put into the Army, and vice versa. So he asked for the Army, and got put into the Navy. Wound up stationed stateside throughout the war.