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During the post-war draft, did the U.S. military tend to place conscripts in support roles and disproportionate rates, and did that have a noticeable impact on the efficiency and quality of those services?
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I have heard from veterans of the time, and from at least one academic source (which I unfortunately can't find for the life of me) that at least during the Vietnam era, conscripts were disproportionately assigned to support roles. This on the basis that people who didn't want to be there would generally perform poorly compared to those who did.
Is this something the U.S. military actually did, and did this supposed quality gap make itself felt?
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