True, but at the CO in topic here I do not believe volunteered. So, instead of running, he found another way to serve. I am not trying to OK it but I am trying to see it from both sides and if he had not been there would those military member's still have been saved?
The draft was instituted in 1940. A lot of men wrestled with their consciences or religious beliefs over killing others, and a fairly large number asked for conscientious objector status.
Being a CO did not exempt them from service, but they were put in positions of service which would not require them to take up arms. Many became medics, and more than shared battlefield dangers with the fighting units.
In case you're wondering, I wasn't a conscientious objector. I was dumb enough to "selectively" volunteer as a Navy combat aircrewman and aviation ordnanceman.