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Couple that with the men who fought in WWI growing up and hearing stories of the valiant effort their parents, uncle's and grand parents put into a war...it all makes sense why people chose to volunteer in WWI.

But by 1916 the soldiers figured this out for themselves. These people are seeing lifelong friends get annihilated in front of them by the hundreds. This wasn't what they were promised in their youth. I do think their sense of honor was the only thing that held it together. Not many Baby Boomers and their descendants think this.

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Posted by ThatMakesSense

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Posted on 12/5/17 at 6:30 pm to OMLandshark

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But by 1916 the soldiers figured this out for themselves. These people are seeing lifelong friends get annihilated in front of them by the hundreds. This wasn't what they were promised in their youth. I do think their sense of honor was the only thing that held it together. Not many Baby Boomers and their descendants think this.

I'll agree o the honor aspect. And they probably didn't have much of a choice to pack up and leave.

Also, think about the world in the early 20th century...man wants to move around and explore..see new things. There wasn't much going on back in those days. Young men wanted adventure.

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Posted by OlGrandad

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Posted on 12/5/17 at 6:32 pm to OMLandshark

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Gerry Barlow was a 15-year-old who manned an anti-aircraft gun on a Navy carrier.

Barlow is one of an estimated 200,000 underage men and women who ran to enlist during World War II.

Author Ray Jackson, who joined the Marines at 16, has chronicled the history of these young veterans in a book called "America's Youngest Warriors: Stories about Young Men and Women Who Served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America."

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