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Old 04-26-2011, 13:22   #1
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I read some where that the definition of a solider was ...................... who write a check to the United States of America for up to and including his life. or something to those words. Can anyone tell me the complete definition????? I can be reached at Viper19114@Yahoo.Com
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Old 04-26-2011, 13:40   #2
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I read some where that the definition of a solider was ...................... who write a check to the United States of America for up to and including his life. or something to those words. Can anyone tell me the complete definition????? I can be reached at Viper19114@Yahoo.Com
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Old 04-26-2011, 13:41   #3
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A veteran is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America," for an amount of "up to and including my life."
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