If my memory serves me correctly, during WWII, men under 5’5” were barred from enlisting for being too manlet to carry a gun or something (who knows, government was retarded), until too many tallfags died and they need new recruits. So they lowered the restriction down to like 4’11”, leading to an influx of manlet enlistees. They became known as Bamtam Battalions.
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Also, the US Army would circumcise soldiers before sending them to arid climates to reduce the risk of catching sand in their foreskins while fighting. This, of course, was not a real problem for any other nation in WWII, but that didn’t stop America. Shows just how far back the US has been retarded.