David Mattiske - Questioning the necessity of the last campaigns

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Department of Veterans' Affairs

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Even amongst our unintelligent sort of people, young people that knew nothing much about what goes on in the world in the mess deck, we talked about this. Said, "Why on earth are we here? Why would you send men ashore to get killed when the fighting is up there heading for Japan?" Ever thought about the answer?

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