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Old 09-29-2009, 09:11 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 View Post
I doubt people were much older when sent to war in the past. Those kids have to be around 18 and that was the age many went to war in Vietnam and WWII. .

Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Hardcastle
In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26...
In Vietnam he was 19.
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