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To: LS
I don't have the numbers handy on drafees vs. volunteers in WW II...

Among US service members:

61.2% draftee

38.8% volunteer

Source: World War II Almanac 1931-1945 by Robert Goralski, (c) 1981

171 posted on 10/22/2006 5:58:55 PM PDT by matt1234
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To: matt1234

Do you have a breakdown by year? I wonder in in the first 6 months after Pearl Harbor the majority were vols.


172 posted on 10/22/2006 6:18:43 PM PDT by LS
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