View Single Post
Old 09-30-2009, 09:33 AM   #23
piercehawkeye45
Franklin Pierce
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 3,695
Quote:
Originally Posted by monster View Post
In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26...
In Vietnam he was 19.
Then what is the average age of the soldier today? And just because the average age of soldiers in WWII was 26, which makes sense because of the draft age, doesn't mean that kids who couldn't grow any facial hair weren't sent to the front lines.
__________________
I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.
piercehawkeye45 is offline   Reply With Quote