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IMO he didn't carry a weapon "in war"."those weapons of war that I carried in war is the only place where those weapons are at."
He carried a weapon during war time.
A person who served lets say at For Campbell during the war carried a weapon during war time, they didn't carry a weapon in war.
Now one can argue "in war" means "during war time" and one can argue it literally means "in war".
The man is a 24 year vet and should be respected as such. He isn't claiming to be a combat vet.