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Old March 8th 04, 09:47 PM
Ed Rasimus
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 10:22:38 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 18:37:53 -0500, Stephen Harding
wrote:

IIRC, the average age of the Vietnam grunt was quite young


25 WWII
21 Korea
19 Vietnam


Might I direct you to "Stolen Valor" as well. Burkett effectively
debunks the legend of the 19 year old average for Vietnam. He's got
the numbers in print.

Average warrior age in Vietnam was a lot closer to 22.


Ed Rasimus
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