. . Bob Moore always had a lot to say about the war. “The country lost money on me,” says Bob, who trained endlessly as part of the navy’s amphibious fleet for the invasion of Japan that never happened. He practiced beach assaults as a crew member on small, specialized landing
. . When war broke out, Bill Monk was 16 and living a quiet life in Kalamazoo, Michigan. When news reached him of the bombs hitting Pearl Harbor, he did not yet understand how that day would impact his life, changing it forever. As a high school senior, an army recruiter desperately
. . Victor Miesel spent the war years in the South Pacific serving with the Army Air Corps. His support role kept planes flying and helped move forward the massive Allied build up towards Japan. Although he served in the rear of the front lines, his squadron repeatedly came under attack
. . Ken Middlemiss was drafted into the US Army in Spetember 1945 after graduting high school. He was in the Special Services under the 8th Army Division and spent 18 months in Japan before leaving in October 1947.
. . During the Cold War, Joe Michaels served as Navy yeoman. Because of his special ability to write in shorthand, he was often assigned to work with high ranking officers. He joined the Navy at 17 and became known as a “kiddie cruiser”–a special class of young recruit guaranteed
. . Although he was an only child and married with a child on the way, George Metz was drafted in March 1968. By May, he was in basic training. In October, he went to Vietnam with a quartermaster company. He didn’t like his company and requested a transfer to become
