My father was a skilled machinist, thereby exempt from the draft, and built fighter planes.

My mother was an attorney, and women were not drafted. Attorneys were exempt from needing a defense-related or other specific employment.

My wife's father spent WW2 on an all-expense-paid tour of North Africa and Italy under the gentle guidance of General George Patton. He fired 105s at the Germans and Italians. He was never injured but nearly starved when his unit outran food supplies.

My wife's mother was a teeny-bopper who made artillery shells.