I'm sorry I have been caught whining about my experiences during my war. In my idealistic view, if we had had a massive turnout of tough, able volunteers, the enemy would have folded quickly.
I know now that the vast majority of the troops we did have were employed to support a 10,000 mile logistic and maintenance bridge and there were only 10% or less in direct combat - so we would've been few no matter what the recruiting situation would have been.
Sure has made high school reunions tough, though. None of the manly football team members joined.
40 years later and I’m *STILL* pissed off that my hearing kept me from passing my armed forces physical (4 times, man did I ever want to go)....