Most people born during that time were never drafted. Out of a pool of 27 million eligible men, only 2.2 million (about 8% or 1 out of 12) were ever drafted. An

Most people born during that time were never drafted. Out of a pool of 27 million eligible men, only 2.2 million (about 8% or 1 out of 12) were ever drafted. And there was of course an easy out: Go to college, which back then, you could pay for with a summer job.