I wonder what percentage of WWII veterans were drafted and what percentage waited in lines to voluntarily enlist.
I had an uncle that was color blind. In order to enlist in the Navy after Pearl Harbor he took the enlistment exam with a friend who helped him memorize the color chart so that he could pass. He served on the USS Missouri when it was attacked by Japanese kamikaze pilots in battle of Okinawa and was still serving on the Missouri when the Japanese signed their surrender.
I wonder what percentage of WWII veterans were drafted and what percentage waited in lines to voluntarily enlist.
My grandfather joined the Navy to avoid being drafted by the Army. Family lore says my great grandfather was in the trenches in WW1 and didn’t want his son there!