He has apologized for joining the Klan as a young man.

Or had he joined as an older man?

He joined the secret society Tiandihui as a young man.

Mr. Gingrich said he was married and had a child, so he did not join the military as a young man.

He'd joined the Army as an enlisted man at age eighteen, and worked his way up.

A deep voice joined their conversation as a man spurred his horse from the shelter of the nearby trees.

In the coming years he joined the IRA as a young man.

On his own journey he meets Axelhand, and later joins the party as a changed man.

He joined the Texas Rangers as a young man.

Eames joined the Freemasons as a young man, then later resigned.