My oldest brother was a bubblehead. Machinist Mate (nuc) on the Ben Franklin (boomer).
His enlistment was about as uneventful as mine.
My Uncle had three boats shot out from under him in WWII, so I'd guess his enlistment was the most treacherous one in my family. My dad wouldn't talk about his time in Europe during WWII except to tell me he interrogated German POW's as he spoke German. After the war he joined the Air Force and served with Gen LeMay in Omaha in what became SAC.
I really miss all those old WWII guys I grew up under, they lived through the depression and that awfull war, so they knew what was truely important.