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I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.
R. Lee Ermey
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R. Lee Ermey
Age: 74 †
Born: 1944
Born: March 24
Died: 2018
Died: April 15
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I go the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on me.
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I try to get over to Iraq and Afghanistan as much as I can.
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