Of those 500,000 on the ground 335,000 were there because they were drafted. Of the 165,000 there all joined up of there own free will.
The point is, do we intend to continue to be a leading nation on the world stage, or are we going to simply give up? I’m not convinced at all, that were are here for the long haul.
If Obama should be elected, you check the size of our military in every aspect in 2012. As for Bush, making a one theater level of preparedness official wasn’t my idea of leadership.
Only 25% of the men that served in Vietnam were draftees.
The boomers produced 9.4 million veterans, only a relativly small number were draftees.
“No 20th century war could have been waged, much less won, without draftees. During WWI, 72% of servicemen were drafted—50% of the men in France’s trenches were conscripted.
In WWII, 66% of all U.S. forces were drafted. Of the 10.5 million Army personnel, a whopping 93% were draftees. A poll taken in 1941 showed that just more than half of Americans would be willingly drafted for overseas service.
From 1946 to 1973, 5,077,185 men were drafted. During the Korean War era, 30% of total troops were drafted. In December 1950, 82% of the Army in Korea was made up of regulars. Exactly two years later, the ratio was 37% regular to 63% draftee in the war zone.
During the Vietnam era, 1,728,344 men were drafted. Of the forces who actually served in Vietnam, 648,500 (25%) were draftees. Draftees (17,725) accounted for 30.4% of combat deaths in Vietnam.”