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I have seen it asserted that the ratio of enlisted to drafted troops in the US Army was only 1:2 in WW2, but 2:1 in Vietnam. Is this true, and if so what accounts for this seemingly counterintuitive discrepancy?

by /u/EnclavedMicrostate in /r/AskHistorians

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