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variablefighter_vf-1 t1_j72n1h5 wrote

Wait, you can serve on a warship during war and just go home to play football?

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TheSorge t1_j73gnbn wrote

Dorchester was not a warship, she was originally a civilian ship requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration for use as a troop ship; and Kerouac was a Merchant Mariner, which is a civilian position.

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Planague t1_j7313sn wrote

I wanted to ask the same question, something here doesn't add up...

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