On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 measl@mfn.org wrote:
The concept of "got away with it" is meaningless in this context, as nobody was really trying to "catch it".
Actually they were. I can direct you to the plethora of 1st person accounts during D-Day in Normandy for example. You will occassionaly run across a reference of a recruit having gotten through boot and across the big pond to only be turned back by an officer in combat. If a kid was found out, and the officers in their CoC gave a shit (some did, some didn't) they were returned home. It's a sad state that since the Civil War in this country a considerable number of young kids have died in combat before they were eligable for the draft. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------