{"id":3125,"date":"2012-06-06T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=3125"},"modified":"2012-06-01T04:50:26","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T04:50:26","slug":"boys-never-grow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/06\/boys-never-grow-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Boys Never Grow Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2012\/06\/olive-drab.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3159\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/06\/olive-drab-164x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>My husband wore his Army uniform with pride. One day, coming home from the base and dressed in his olive drab fatigues, he stopped off at the grocery store to pick up a few things. While on line at the checkout counter, he noticed a little boy standing with his mother. The boy took one look at my husband in his uniform, and his eyes grew wide. My husband, in turn, gave the young man a crisp salute.<\/p>\n<p>The boy was so excited. He pointed at my husband and announced, &#8220;Look, Mom, a giant Boy Scout.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Bernice Quental<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<div>Provided Courtesy of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rd.com\/\">Reader&#8217;s Digest<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Click here for more<strong> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rd.com\/all-jokes.do?cat=1198\">Military Jokes<\/a>&#8220;.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My husband wore his Army uniform with pride. One day, coming home from the base and dressed in his olive drab fatigues, he stopped off at the grocery store to pick up a few things. While on line at the checkout counter, he noticed a little boy standing with his mother. 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