This is a great story of a man who wanted to get back into the fight after 911 because he felt it was the right thing to do. That’s the character of Americans that used to be commonplace.
Daily Mail
America’s oldest front line soldier about to turn 60… and still wants to do another tour
• U.S. Army says Staff Sergeant Don Nicholas is the oldest of the 6,000 soldiers in the 25th Infantry Division in eastern Afghanistan
• Vietnam War vet re-enlisted after 9/11
• Age restrictions will bar him from being on the front lines this summer
A Vietnam War veteran and former Marine rifleman, it is fair to say U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Don Nicholas has served his country well in his 59 years.
In fact, despite his 60th birthday fast approaching, he remains on active duty in Afghanistan. And yet, his biggest fear isn't spending another year on the front lines. To the contrary - it's retirement.
Nicholas, who will be ordered out of the battlefield this summer due to age restrictions, is fighting to re-enlist so that he can remain a soldier as long as he's physically and mentally able to fight.
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Now take a guy like Sergeant Don Nicholas and compare him with any of the dregs of Occupy Wall Street, it’s really laughable. We used to be a nation of rugged individualists before the Women’s Movement feminized the American male. If anything we need a reformation of what a man supposed to be in this country—men like Sergeant Don Nicholas!
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