Yes, young...lol... I have a picture of me and a guy I did training with standing on an anchor on a troop ship while enroute from New York to Bremerhaven I think it was..that was 1958 & I was 18 years old...Man, I can't believe how young we look... All the guys in my basic training platoon were around 17-18 or so. To damn young to know any better, but at an age where we can be molded to what ever they want us to be. I loved my M-1...
During the first & second world wars the kids were going directly from high school to the front lines...Just a 6-8 week for basic and then the rockets red glare...
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