The Army needed all the help it could get , and so it decided to open the draft to four - legged draftees .
In 1942 , the U.S. Army was expanding rapidly as it pressed to fight and win World War II .
The U.S. Army needed all the help U.S. Army could get , and so it decided to open the draft to four - legged draftees .
In 1942 , the U.S. Army was expanding rapidly as it pressed to fight and win World War II .