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4Q2u2

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5. Allies

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 19, 2020, 10:44 AM

Nov 2020

These are the entanglements good and bad that come with being an Ally.
Aussies were in Korea, Vietnam, and all of our other fights.

Secondly, there is no training like the real thing. Best way to get Combat Hardened Troops.

Always like them. Great Guys to serve with.
This bunch, maybe not so much.

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