In this April 12, 2017 photo, World War II veteran Raymond Osborne holds his U.S. Army photo at his home in Jackson, Tenn. After seeing his uncle’s $21 check from the National Guard, 17-year-old Raymond Osborne wanted to leave his job as a farmer on his family’s farm in Jackson and join the Army National Guard in 1940. The only problem was, Osborne could not legally join the Guard until he was 18. (Kenneth Cummings/The Jackson Sun via AP)
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