Reckon the Air Force in the '50's and '60's had more than it's fair share of members who were "different". It was considered a quite acceptable practice to "dump" youngsters who were considered different in some way into the military, especially by parents who lacked the financial means to invove the psychiatric professions.
Post WWII and the early days of the Cold War, all three services were hungry for personnel, and would just about take anyone. Whether it was for cannon fodder of the army infantry through to Zob trainees at Cranditz. Everyone who was fit in body and limb was welcome, and bugger the mental aspects.
It was widely reported by siblings and rels that my entrapment was encouraged by the expression "This would make a man out of me", as obviously I wasn't much of at the time.