TIL : In World War II, the youngest serviceman in the US military was Calvin Graham — age 12. Graham lied about his age when he enlisted in the US Navy. His real age was not discovered after he was wounded. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by PyrowithJared t3_10fsh9f on January 19, 2023 at 4:32 AM in todayilearned 31 comments 309
captainhook77 t1_j514zl5 wrote on January 19, 2023 at 5:54 PM At the rate he was probably young enough to also go to Vietnam, true 20th century speed run. Permalink 1
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