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A Marine returned home from the Korean War with a

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A Marine returned home from the Korean War with a crippling leg injury and was asked by a reporter how he got the wound. The Marine explained that his squad and a Chinese squad were exchanging fire across a road, when one of the Chinese soldiers shouted, "Harry Truman is a son of a bitch!" So, the injured Marine said he shouted back, "Chairman Mao is a son of a bitch!" And the Marine continued, "We were standing in the middle of the road shaking hands on it, when a truck hit us.

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