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demigoddess

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11. as a military brat I would like to point out that a lot of soldiers come back but die

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Sun May 26, 2019, 01:29 PM

May 2019

later, sometimes much later, of their service. Exposure to chemicals and radiation. My father fought in WWII and Korea, my dad fought in Korea, my uncle in WWII and I had 4 other uncles who were in during the Vietnam era, and a brother who was in the Army.

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