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Spending time with the military certainly lends itself to some remarkable experiences, and I've been privileged to have had my share.

I actually quit the business. I went and drove a truck for a year and a half.

Anyone who says they don't enjoy the Army is mad - you can spend a week hating it and the next week it could be the best thing in the world and the best job you could ever, ever wish for. It has got so much to offer.

After I retired, it was quite a long time before I went back to my department. I thought I was well out of it.

On completion of my military service, I went back to the factory and to the trade union.

My dad being an Army officer, I was just born to it. I was raised in a military manner, and it was a given that Army brats went to West Point, so I went to West Point in 1941. And being in the military has been my life.

I've always had service-industry jobs, because those were the easiest to quit or take time off from.

It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you.

When I was in the Army, the unit I served in, you could never stop. It was a volunteer unit, and there was a fairly high rate of attrition. The people who stayed through are the people who were either great at it or the people who just didn't know how to stop. And I fell into that second category.