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(Frederick Clinton) The day of Pearl Harbor, what was I doing?

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I was coming out of a movie, come to think of it,

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in Norfolk, when I heard about it.

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But at that time I was only 14 years old.

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So I entered the service at 16.

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Lied about my age, obviously.

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And I never regretted that, 
it was a smart move on my part.

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Everybody comes up and says, 
well, 'Thank you for your service.'

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I really should be thanking 
them for letting me serve.

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Because, I went from a, I 
was a high school dropout

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I went from that to a colonel in 
the Army, in the regular Army

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Got a college education, a lot of experiences,

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met a lot of wonderful people, 
saw a lot of wonderful things.

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Which I would never have done 
if I had stayed in Norfolk, Virginia.

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And they always tell you in 
the Army when I first went in,

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never volunteer for anything.

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But I find that is not true.

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Anything that ever good happened to me in the Army is I

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volunteered for it.

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And I say, go with what you want to do.

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Step out and seek it, don't wait for it to come to you.