Hardly had I left when we ran into the Korean war, doubled what I had asked for and doubled it again. I had told him I would stay in Government, be honored to, but not with the Air Force.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was drafted during the Korean War.
I was drafted during the Korean War. None of us wanted to go... It was only a couple of years after World War II had ended. We said, 'Wait a second? Didn't we just get through with that?'
Which I would've done 'cause I volunteered for the draft which meant that I only had to do two years. But when the Cubans had missiles in the Canal and Kennedy made the extension, I was one of the ones who had enough time to be extended.
I was drafted when I was 17, and I spent two years, and I lost a friend in war.
I stayed in the Navy until July of 1946.
My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.
I've served my country.
All I would say is that I have been honored to serve my country for the past three decades and look forward to serving in other ways now that I am retired from the U.S. Army.
Upon graduation from high school, following my brother by a couple of years, I joined the U.S. Air Force.
I got called back into the Navy during the Korean War.