11-01-2008, 12:13 AM
Quote:Ironhand:2w3pir5m Wrote:I've always heard 16, but unfortunately I don't have a first hand source aside from what other people have said and quoted.
Also I suspect big enough to look old enough as in the US Army up to and including the Second World War.
I don't.
Many recruits were in their twenties. That's a broad stroke, and in time of crisis younger would be okay. But the documented average seems to be 20+.
It don't tie in with modern recruitment practice, but tough titty.
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