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Britain's Child Soldiers

thetrollking

March 17, 2011

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/11/britain-child-soldiers-army

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Title	Britain's Child Soldiers
Author	thetrollking
Upvotes	12
Comments	2
Date	March 17, 2011 7:39 AM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/g5qli/britains_child_soldiers/
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[–]tobyknudsen 2 points3 points4 points 15 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

[–]thetrollking[S] 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Nice reply. I never met my grandfather either and he, and all his brothers except the youngest who joined the marines, were drafted in WW2. One day, out of boredom, he took the OCT or Officer Candidate Test and scored one of the highest scores ever and became a officer. This was before you had to have a college degree to become a officer. He called himself a handcuff volunteer and made a career out of the Army. He even liberated a few concentration camps as a young lt. or captain. I remember finding the pictures he took of all the bodies stacked up like firewood and hanging from posts, we donated them to the holocaust museum. He also fought in Korea and retired a lt. Colonel. He did apparently have some problems from the war, but no where near as much as a few of his brothers. He would apparently wake up screaming and sweating about once every two months or so and wouldn't really talk about it. One of his younger brothers did open up to me about his experiences to a small degree years back before he died. He told me some interesting things, like how he went awol and went to france and bought a hooker and some whisky for a dollar. He recieved 3 purple hearts and when he went back after being awol they gave him the choice of court martial or going into the infrantry(he was artillery) and it was in bastone and anzio and the battle of the bulge that he earned his purple hearts and a combat infantry badge. He always had leg problems from taking artillery shrapnel and was basically a shut in after the war up until the point he passed several years ago and he wouldn't go into much detail but he told me some of what he experienced towards the end of his life. Apparently the youngest brother who went into the marines saw some heavy action in the pacific and basically became a drunk and died from it within a few years of the war ending.

It is kinda strange to look at it but my brother and I are the first ones in our family not to fight in a war. My dad didn't go to vietname but was drafted and flunked the med exams and then was turned down by the navy when he tried to register. I almost signed up after 911 but didn't. Some feminist trolls talk about the draft and our obsession with it like it is nothing but it was a just a few decades back that it was a real fear for men. One of my dads schoolmates and friends brother was drafted and basically got really fucked up in vietnam. He was awarded a silver star and some other badge of heroism for saving a bunch of lives but he can't even take care of himself today and his brother basically takes care of his finances and food and everything.

I am curious if you know about the white feather campaign? Check it out.