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!
I remember one of the interviews for "Band of Brothers", where he mentioned somebody from his town committed suicide because they wouldn't allow him to enlist. It was a different time.