We only drafted a small portion of the working age, male population compared to other countries. The vast majority of working-age men were still in the workfor

We only drafted a small portion of the working age, male population compared to other countries. The vast majority of working-age men were still in the workforce. Less than 1/5th of those registered were conscripted, the target rate of the War Manpower Commission. Furthermore Executive Order 9279 closed voluntary enlistment for working age men aged 18-38 to prevent factory labor shortages: >After the effective date of this Order no male person who has attained the eighteenth anniversary and has not attained the thirty-eighth anniversary of the day of his birth shall be inducted into the enlisted personnel of the armed forces