At 05:07 PM 9/19/04 -0700, James A. Donald wrote:
I don't recall the American revolutionaries herding children before them to clear minefields, nor surrounding themselves with children as human shields.
The yank minutemen were not above taking children as soldiers, any more than Dan'l Boone was above taking a 14 year old as a wife.
At 8:12 PM -0700 9/20/04, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
The yank minutemen were not above taking children as soldiers, any more than Dan'l Boone was above taking a 14 year old as a wife.
That's more a definition of "adult", than anything else.
If they're old enough to blee-... Oh, forget it...
Cheers,
RAH
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