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My first direct encounter with the military was when I joined ROTC as a graduate student, although my father, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, can trace the military service in our family all the way back to the Revolutionary War.

Tammy Duckworth

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Meine erste direkte Begegnung mit dem Militär war, als ich als Doktorand zu ROTC kam, obwohl mein Vater, der beim US-Marine-Corps diente, den Militärdienst in unserer Familie bis in den Unabhängigkeitskrieg zurückverfolgen kann.

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