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I've lived in 11 states, but I'm not an Army brat. My father couldn't hold a job, so every six months, we'd move.

I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived in six different places.

My father and brothers were in the military.

I grew up in a Navy family.

We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in two little - my brother and me and my parents. It was hell, but it was a common thing. My father was not general or admiral, but he was colonel. He was teaching in military academy military topography.

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'm from Connecticut. My Mom is an army brat, and my Dad is a navy brat. My childhood was fun. My parents are still together. My childhood was pretty carefree.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

I was born in a family with a strong military background, so I chose to be a soldier.