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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.

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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

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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..

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fletchersTonic t1_j4zrb41 wrote

They then had opportunity to count the rings inside.

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In-Cod-We-Thrust t1_j506z8h wrote

Navy checking id’s like the bouncer at an all ages club.

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[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

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jar1967 t1_j50tk4x wrote

He must have been a really tall 12-year-old

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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.

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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.

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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"

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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.

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