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Disastrous-Purpose-8 t1_j4yqmaq wrote
Married at 14. Became a father at 15. Divorced at 17. Dude was speed running life.
DietDrBleach t1_j4yr5l3 wrote
America WWII Speedrun any%
HotSexWithGrandad t1_j4yryf0 wrote
The middle ages: those are rookie numbers
MurdocFuckingNiccals t1_j4yrz8s wrote
No way they didn’t know lol
medusaa666 t1_j4z0raj wrote
Respect
Independent-Metal610 t1_j4z423j wrote
Hang on a second. So if he wasn’t discovered after he was wounded, that means he was discovered, and then later wounded.
So they were fine with his age!
TIL
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Individual-Jaguar885 t1_j4zbx2v wrote
Same exact comment from the last time this was posted. Reddit is getting a little too inception-y
LifeBuilder t1_j4zm77w wrote
And dead by 19. Having completed life he toured the country for a couple years while writing his memoir and retired at 21. He went on to officially die at 62.
CrieDeCoeur t1_j4zoo4b wrote
OP probably forgot to add “until” between “discovered” and “after”.
fletchersTonic t1_j4zrb41 wrote
They then had opportunity to count the rings inside.
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SteelMarch t1_j4zxtyo wrote
Just bots farming for karma. Honestly we need a site wide ordinance to ban comments likes this but it's how the site operates soo....
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In-Cod-We-Thrust t1_j506z8h wrote
Navy checking id’s like the bouncer at an all ages club.
Anakin_Sandwalker t1_j50a4mh wrote
Sometimes bots have a hard time copying and pasting.
CrieDeCoeur t1_j50d3f9 wrote
Heh. Bots.
bkconn t1_j50g23q wrote
Websites make money off advertising.
Bots inflate user counts, page views, etc..
No social media website has any incentive to remove bots.
bkconn t1_j50ghn6 wrote
>His real age was not discovered after he was wounded.
His real age also was not discovered after he signed up. Or after his first day in the Navy. Or his second.. Oh see, the list of moments where his real age was not discovered is probably a long list..
weaponizedpastry t1_j50jzty wrote
Should have gone to Hollywood like Audie Murphy
Adrian_Alucard t1_j50lsxj wrote
>His real age was not discovered after he was wounded
I'm pretty sure Calvin Graham knew his real age and his parents and close family too. So his age was not "discovered"
jar1967 t1_j50tk4x wrote
He must have been a really tall 12-year-old
LastMinuteChange t1_j513gz5 wrote
Rejoins the marines at 17! Haha
Not my first time, boys!
captainhook77 t1_j514zl5 wrote
At the rate he was probably young enough to also go to Vietnam, true 20th century speed run.
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joelex8472 t1_j52dshl wrote
My 16 year old boy can’t make his bed. Calvin sounds like a fucking hero.
Tylrbob t1_j52y1el wrote
“his real age was not discovered after he was wounded.” - Did you mean to say not until he was wounded or they never found out his age. They obviously eventually found out. Please proofread your titles - English man.
[deleted] t1_j536w5s wrote
I'm getting the sense that back in the day people turned a blind eye if you fudged your age to do war
Poopoo_check t1_j53nnkl wrote
“We didn’t know”
Marine__0311 t1_j58xqlx wrote
When I played LL baseball back in the mid 70s, the star pitcher for the undefeated league champion team, was 5'10", and weighed over 160.
This was back before there were any limits on how often you could pitch. He never lost a game in three years of playing. That kid was damned near unhittable. They had to change out the catcher every few innings.
Lunaricataclysm t1_j4ypwex wrote
The youngest person that got caught!