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Old 06-13-07, 09:51 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by Linton
In WW2 some of the RN submarine commanders were in their early twenties.Thirty eight was considerd retirement age.
In WW2 Submarines were a lot smaller and less powerful than they are today. A 24 year old is not someone I would want with his finger on the trigger of enough nuclear weapons to wipe out half the earth.
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