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The youngest of ten children from the tough streets of South Philidelphia, Bill Guarnere enlisted in the Citizen Military Training Corps at age 15 with the encouragement of his mother, who saw it as his chance to get fed, clothed, and out of the city. Guarnere spent three years in the CMTC, but the program was cancelled when the war broke out. Drawn by the excitement of the Airborne, he enlisted in 1942 and attended basic training at Camp Toccoa.