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I Joined The Army On My Seventeenth Birthday, Full Of The Romance Of War After Having Read A Lot Of World War I British Poetry And Having Seen A Lot Of Post-world War Ii Films. I Thought The Romantic Presentations Of War Influenced My Joining And My Presentation Of War To My Younger Siblings.

I Admired The Work Ethic Of The Cowboys I Read About. The Idea Of These Young People Taking On This Much Responsibility Was Impressive. I Would Like Modern Readers To Have An Appreciation Of This.

Books Transmit Values. They Explore Our Common Humanity. What Is The Message When Some Children Are Not Represented In Those Books?

To Fight For One's Country, To Offer One's Very Life To Promote The Well Being Of The United States, Is Truly A Noble Undertaking. But So Is The Vigilance Of The Citizen Who Carefully Examines Our Leaders To See If Political Problems Are Being Solved By Wars Simply Because This Seems To Be The Easiest Solution.

Think About All The Tomorrows Of Your Life.