Good Old Days Magazine

The GI Haircut

My brother Amos is two years my senior. He always has felt that this seniority gives him the authority to advise me about everything I do. I have become so accustomed to it that I call him before making any decisions.

When World War I broke out, he talked me into enlisting in the Army with him. After a fewget me transferred, too.

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