I've said this a thousand times...

[CaptO]

I would say it would just depend on the person. There were a lot of draftees and by definition, they didn't enter the service of their own volition. Of course, there were undoubtedly people who were drafted that would have signed up anyway. In either case, it is certain that among those numbers, there were ones who excelled in it and had the desire to stay in. Was it unusual? I would guess (and that is all it is - a guess) that it was simply because so many just did their time and got out when they were able. Especially for many who had really seen the suffering aspect of the war. Also, when the armed forced started their precipitous drawdown after the war, there was only a need to keep those who really wanted it and who were pretty good at what they did. For these reasons (many of the same we face right now as the current armed forces is scaled back - except for the draft aspect, of course) I would say that it probably was rare.