The existance of the draft back then is not really relevent to the situation now, were all service members are volounteers.
But, now that you say it, back in WWII, people were also drafted into service as firefighters (and coalminers come to think of it) do they get to be treated with greater respect than volunteers then?
Look if you want to treat civilian fire employees like military veterans go for it...
Knock yourself out...
(wow)