I promise you that conscripted privates were not benefiting materially in any way except through the indirect profiteering of the US by means of imperial acquisition.
The federal poverty line for an individual in 1976 was 1,375 dollars a year.
A private with less then 2 years active duty, or the standard conscription length, made 83.20 a month, or 998.40 dollars a year. Pre-tax.
That’s not exactly swimming in cash, which contributed immensely to the plummeting of conscript moral by the 70s.
I promise you that conscripted privates were not benefiting materially in any way except through the indirect profiteering of the US by means of imperial acquisition.
The federal poverty line for an individual in 1976 was 1,375 dollars a year.
A private with less then 2 years active duty, or the standard conscription length, made 83.20 a month, or 998.40 dollars a year. Pre-tax.
That’s not exactly swimming in cash, which contributed immensely to the plummeting of conscript moral by the 70s.