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Aristus

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78. Sergeant, United States Army, 1989-1993. M1A1 Abrams tank crewman.

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Fri Nov 11, 2022, 04:40 PM

Nov 2022

Deployed to the Gulf in 1991, but did not serve in combat. Took hostile fire from an Iraqi Scud missile, which fortunately missed our base.

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