I imagine there was intense social pressure to join but also personal pressure, especially for some in their 20s or up, not to. Going into the service meant leaving behind wives, young children, sick or elderly parents, etc., to fend for themselves; farms that go to wrack and ruin without constant attending, jobs with decent pay they needed to support families, jobs in critical defense industries, etc.
My father and uncles all served in WWII, and were never shy about talking about it, but I don’t recall a word about draftees from them or their peers. Upon reflection that is sort of curious.
My grandfather had a brother who was a gunner on an airplane & who was shot down and captured by German locals and then turned over to the German army as a POW. Wouldn’t talk about it unless it was another vet and his niece, my mother is only aware of just this little bit I shared. She also shared that the locals were brutal and he was treated better as a POW.
There’s a more recent video of a guy who served in Afghanistan and remembers seeing a red headed Muslim that was Chechen. He said they were told to keep one bullet for themselves as the Chechens would skin you alive.