Boys as young as 12 were lying about their age to enlist in both World Wars. Across All Nations. And some paid the ultimate price in doing so.
A couple examples of boys who lied about their age.
WW2: Calvin Graham was a 12 year old who lied about his age and enlisted with the U.S Navy. He’d be posted aboard the USS South Dakota where he’d earn the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for actions under fire during Naval Actions in the waters of Guadalcanal. He’d survive the war. Largely due to his Mother who’d report him to the Navy.
WW1: John Condon was a 13 year old Irish Boy when he lied about his age to enlist in the British Army in 1913. He was 15 when he was killed during the 2nd Battle of Ypres. Becoming one of the youngest recognized Combat Death among British Forces during WW1. His family had no idea what happened to him until the British Government contacted them.
America has flipped since the 1970s when I was a teenager. Back then, moms stayed home, families could survive and thrive one 1 income, food was healthy. No HFCS disrupting children's metabolisms. We said the pledge in school. The bad ass kids were not people we emulated.
Because the Democrats used WW1 and WW2 as a way to introduce socialist policies that would lead to the erosion of our Republic to land us where we are today. The New Deal, Social Security, Federal Reserve, Fiat Currency, and so many other things here, and there, that turned the tide over the course of a few decades.
When I grew up I never had a key to the house.
The door was never locked,and we were never robbed.
We never took the car keys out either. This was in a rural area, well after ww2.
Back when America was less diverse and more religious.
Psyops back then were still very effective. Faking your age to give your life in banker's wars...
My dad joined the army at 17...at nineteen he was firing mortars in the battle of the bulge
Boys as young as 12 were lying about their age to enlist in both World Wars. Across All Nations. And some paid the ultimate price in doing so.
A couple examples of boys who lied about their age.
WW2: Calvin Graham was a 12 year old who lied about his age and enlisted with the U.S Navy. He’d be posted aboard the USS South Dakota where he’d earn the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for actions under fire during Naval Actions in the waters of Guadalcanal. He’d survive the war. Largely due to his Mother who’d report him to the Navy.
WW1: John Condon was a 13 year old Irish Boy when he lied about his age to enlist in the British Army in 1913. He was 15 when he was killed during the 2nd Battle of Ypres. Becoming one of the youngest recognized Combat Death among British Forces during WW1. His family had no idea what happened to him until the British Government contacted them.
America has flipped since the 1970s when I was a teenager. Back then, moms stayed home, families could survive and thrive one 1 income, food was healthy. No HFCS disrupting children's metabolisms. We said the pledge in school. The bad ass kids were not people we emulated.
Because the Democrats used WW1 and WW2 as a way to introduce socialist policies that would lead to the erosion of our Republic to land us where we are today. The New Deal, Social Security, Federal Reserve, Fiat Currency, and so many other things here, and there, that turned the tide over the course of a few decades.