TIL : In World War II, the youngest serviceman in the US military was Calvin Graham — age 12. Graham lied about his age when he enlisted in the US Navy. His real age was not discovered after he was wounded. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by PyrowithJared t3_10fsh9f on January 19, 2023 at 4:32 AM in todayilearned 31 comments 309
[deleted] t1_j536w5s wrote on January 20, 2023 at 1:57 AM I'm getting the sense that back in the day people turned a blind eye if you fudged your age to do war Permalink 2
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