a very rare #BattlefieldCommission at age 18yo, to 2ndLt. Bc he was a #Remnant; One of the very few left living from his Battalion. He spent an extra year after #VJDay in OccupiedJapan. But then was Recalled bc of KoreanWar. When I was 14yo, he went to VNWar. I became a Quaker bc I did Not want our
be easy going bc they didn't bother to look & see how bunkered in with supplies the Japanese were. Almost all my dad's Battalion were KIA or WIA; very few remained & at 18yo my dad granted rare #BattlefieldCommission. After #WWII, while at Univ, Recalled for #KorWar in 1950. Vol for #VNWar 1969. We
My dad joined USArmy 3wks after 18 bday, when PearlHarbor Bombed. Fought 4yrs in Pacific, WWII; then in OccupiedJapan. Rare #BattlefieldCommission at 18yo; HonDis as Capt. Recall for KorWar. Vol VNWar. My hub of 52yrs spent 3.5 yrs VNWar, Laos, Cambodia, SK at OsanAFB. Uncle KorWar; 3Tours VNWar all
