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Veterans

Victor_c3

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1. When a lot of people find out that I'm a veteran I often get a response "you don't look old enough"

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 01:50 PM

Mar 2013

I know I have a baby face, but it often seems that most people don't have a clue that young people have in fact been fighting war(s) for the last decade +. People think of veterans and they think of the old WWII vets they see wearing their hats or guys in approaching their 60s who were in Vietnam. They don't think of the 22 year old kid or 33 year old guy (i.e. me).

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Millions went to war in Iraq, Afghanistan, leaving many with lifelong scars [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2013 OP

When a lot of people find out that I'm a veteran I often get a response "you don't look old enough" Victor_c3 Mar 2013 #1