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Michael Caine wants to bring back National Service in military: "It turned me from boy into a man"

Michael Caine has revealed in his new book that he would like to bring back National Service in the United Kingdom.

Writing in his new book Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over: My Guide to Life, Caine explained (via The Times): “It’s pretty hard to exaggerate the impact national service had on me. Caine goes on to write that he “would bring back national service”, elaborating: “I don’t mean young people should go to war – nothing like that. Reflecting on playing a World War 2 veteran in the movie, Caine added: “The only parts I’m liable to get now are 90-year-old men.

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