How Old Is Bill?

To prove he was eligible for release from the Army because he was past 28, Draftee William L. Marks sent home to Flemington, W.Va. for his birth certificate. Last week Private Bill got the certificate and some new intelligence about himself. He was not under 35, as he had supposed, but 38. He had not been eligible for the draft in the first place.

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