I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service …

Smedley Butler
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I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. ✨ War Is a Racket. Smedley Butler's speech in the U.S. (1933); later published as a book War Is a Racket, www.businessinsider.com. 1935.
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