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Many men volunteered for military service.
A few volunteered for military service.
In the United States, about two million men volunteered for World War I.
Many Americans did indeed leave their jobs during the Civil War. They left the jobs partly because they were conscripted to service while other volunteered for the cause.
The official figure is 116,708; however this does not include Americans who volunteered for service in other countries militaries prior to the US entry into the war. Many Americans are known to have volunteered for servce the armies of France, Britain or Belgium, and some other countries. A few Americans of German birth or heritage enlisted and served in the German army as well. There are no accurate figures for these voluntary enlistments; as they were often done quietly and in many cases under false names, since this sort of this was discouraged by the neutral US government.
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Vera Brittain, an English writer and poet, volunteered as a nurse during World War II. She is known for her memoir, "Testament of Youth," which reflects her experiences during the war.
Over 7,500 US military women nurses volunteered to go to Vietnam.
The number of African Americans who served during the Civil War was between 179,000 and 180,000. The Civil War lasted for a little over 4 years.
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