Examples Of What I Believe In America

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The America I believe in… The America I believe in is the freedom, the Army and the people. The freedom that we have today would not be possible if it wasn’t for the people in the Army. People in the Army have fought and many died for our right to choice what we do. I am very happy we have the choice to do what we want every day of our lives. They are still protecting our freedom today and I appreciate that they are doing that for us. My great grandpa was in the army from 1957-1959. His duty was to keep America free and to make sure no one tries to take our freedom away. He went to Germany for nineteen months to train for war. He went to some place that he enjoyed but it was mostly training. Right after my grandpa left the army, they started

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