Fwd: Killing people and breaking things

[Neal Whitman]

From my uncle, who was in the navy in  the late 1960s:

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> Date: April 30, 2011 10:11:10 AM EDT
> Subject: Re: Killing people and breaking things
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> Yes, always referring to the Marine Corps. Since then, I've also heard it said about the Army, I believe in the context of criticizing the use of Army/Nat'l Guard troops to guard the border with Mexico. The statement was that the Army wasn't trained to guard a border, but to......
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> ----- Original message
> Sent: Thu, April 28, 2011 4:47:21 PM
> Subject: Killing people and breaking things
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> Hi Uncle Ricky,
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> Hey, do you have any memory of hearing this phrase when you were in the navy?
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> Neal 
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