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To: simpson96

There were many men in World War II in their thirties up to their seventies. My late father, as you say, was only 18 when he joined the Marine Corps, but many were not.


16 posted on 05/17/2018 10:12:39 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; simpson96
Other Marines called my grandpa “grandpa” because he was....26 years old!
18 posted on 05/17/2018 10:21:33 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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