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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jul 18, 2005 03:25pm |
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| Category | Opinion |
| Media | TV News - CNN |
| News Date | Monday, July 11, 2005 09:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON (Creators Syndicate) -- Thanks to The Washington Post's Sylvia Moreno, we learn that then-19-year-old Marty G. Mortenson of Flagstaff, Arizona, enlisted in the Marine Corps in May 2002.
He would spend his 20th, 21st and 22nd birthdays on three separate tours with the Marines in Iraq.
During the Vietnam War -- when the American Army had more three times as many soldiers under arms as it does today -- Americans in the military were limited to one tour of duty in Southeast Asia of 13 months.
Before his third tour, Marty Mortenson told a friend in California: "It's like three strikes, you're out. I have a feeling I'm not going to come home."
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