I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - there are probably a lot of things I should have done that I didn't do.
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- Author's profession: Soldier
- Nationality: american
- Born: December 23, 1923
- Died: July 5, 2005
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