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Don't Tell Me You're Sorry About My Son Last June, our bright and intelligent 19-year-old son, Chris, announced that he had joined the Army, and would be leaving for basic training in September. We had known for a while that he wanted something more than just going to college. I would've expected to hear that he wanted to join the Peace Corps, or to travel to Japan (with six years of Japanese under his belt) or maybe go to New York and try acting, since he'd been a talented Thespian in high school. But, the Army? This was unexpected. Our initial reactions were utter confusion and "what-on-...
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