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V E T S That ancient flag-carrying lot, medal-chested with the defining deed of youth— combat outside citizenry—with the esprit de corpse of each for each, as gay as that, haunted by when law goes absent and to kill thrusts its imperative, they prod the rest of us with weapon tips, whet and sharpened still. Grizzled, even bearded, feeble and en-wizened and perhaps wiser than all the rest of us, they march to quell youth—ours and theirs— defining innocence, as vets do. 21 ...

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