ST. LOUIS — Rural America continues to be fertile ground for military recruiters as young people continue to see the armed forces as a way to escape poverty or lack of opportunity in their hometowns, according to an analysis by the Department of Defense data by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Rural America fertile for military
Sunday, July 6, 2008 | 5:20 p.m. CDT;
updated 3:30 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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