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Careful with that axe, Eugene Wrote: Sep 07, 2010 6:19 AM

Well, guy, I'm already suspicious about that story because the B-25's were run by the Army Air Corps in WWII, not the USMC. The Marine version was called the PBJ-1. Yeah, you got a medical deferment. That was a notorious dodge, you paid a doctor, who wrote down you had something that kept you out. Fact is, your sort found ways to avoid service, but man, when it comes to sending poor kids off to die for big corporations or religious stupidity, many, you are waiving the flag and the bible. Just remember, when the stuff finally does hit the fan, they'll be the ones who know which end of the rifle the bullet comes out of.

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