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My Grandpa was a veteran. My Grandpa Richard was asked to serve in the military by the government because they were running low on soldiers. Before he left, their were some soldiers that were Indians in Salt Lake that were pretending like they couldn't speak English. The military punished them because they weren't supposed to act dumb. He left to go to Germany in 1951 as a foot soldier waiting to be diploid into the a war against Korea.

He had lots to do in Germany. Everyday they did exercised and football which my grandpa loved doing. When the soldiers were in a field they saw a cow eating grass. He thought it was funny so he walked up to it and milked it. Everyone was so scared because they never saw a cow before and one person said "I

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