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Originally Posted by ontheoutside
well to put it bluntly Alabama i was born in 1929 and joined the service when i was 15 no one back then looked at certificates i just looked old enough didn't have parents both died so i enlisted within 6 months they had me in Europe and to make a long story short i dove on a grenade to protect my guys and had a leg blown off also a arm and 4 finers from my left hand still have shapernal inn me 300 stitches to patch me up well came home married when i was 19 and started a bisisness and had a family despite only having a half of body i managed that's kind of it in a nutshell i made a nice living and worked for 51 years until i sold my bisiness dietbetes has taken the rest from me fingers and such but my mind is sharp and my site is great and im a pretty good gambler i give all my winnings to my grandkids and to the local boys and girls club
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Thank you for your service and for sharing your story. Good luck this weekend but if you hit those doubles I won't be cashing any Derby/Oaks tickets!
