...if this had been true at the start of the World Wars?
http://ednews.org/articles/75-of-us-youths-unfit-for-service.html
About 75 percent of the country's 17- to 24-year-olds are ineligible for military service, largely because they are poorly educated, overweight and have physical ailments that make them unfit for the armed forces, according to a report to be issued Thursday.
http://ednews.org/articles/75-of-us-youths-unfit-for-service.html
About 75 percent of the country's 17- to 24-year-olds are ineligible for military service, largely because they are poorly educated, overweight and have physical ailments that make them unfit for the armed forces, according to a report to be issued Thursday.