Posted on 03/05/2017 1:32:35 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
Interesting, my grandfather joined in 1943 at 43 years old. Maybe that was the cut off. He was still in when my dad got drafted in 45, he went to Germany but missed the fighting.
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