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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:06 PM Original message |
Somehow This Factoid Seems Profound - I Just Don't Know Why |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. They were desperate for bodies in WWII |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You know - in a heartbeat of undertanding that hit me out of the blue |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Or we could both be dead wrong |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. You're thinking of a different war. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Not just bodies. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. They didn't draft my dad until he was a relatively old 27 |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. it was lowered to 18 for WWI also n/t |
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Ivote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yes & The Voting Age Was 21 |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. The fact that they lowered the draft age to 18 caused me to enlist |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. Maybe because it flys in the face of our current ideas about the draft. |
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