Thread: An Alternative Survivor's Guide to the United Kingdom
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Old 07-25-2012, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by mikeo80 View Post
Notice in the article, This hero was a THIRTY FIVE YEAR veteran!!!!! And a Corporal at that!!! The Gurkha Battalion he had been with had to unretire him to promote and award him.
LOL. I think you'll find that the article described him as a 35 year old veteran, not a 35 year veteran.
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