{"id":2737,"date":"2012-05-02T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2012-04-23T16:02:57","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T16:02:57","slug":"infantry-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/05\/infantry-soldiers.html","title":{"rendered":"INFANTry Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/04\/infant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2789\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/04\/infant.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>While on leave, my Marine buddy and I met two nursing students from Southern California. After chatting them up awhile, the conversation turned to what we did in the service. 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