Thanks Mick,
My Father was wounded in Germany in World War 11 and I just figured that once I finished college I should join the service and do something for the country, even if it was very little. I wanted to go to Germany as that is where my family originated from but was sent to Korea as they needed a person with my background and specialty. Landed at Inchon on my birthday and thought I have now seen the end of the world. Thankfully I was not in combat as they kept me as far away from any situation as they could and if the North were to attack again and over run the DMV, they would fly me to Japan. The real heroes are the ones that are still on the beaches at Normandy and the Pacific Islands and in unmarked graves all over the world. I don't think I would have made a good front line person as I got sick just having to go to the battle sites after it was over and see what it was like as I examined any enemy equipment they may have captured. Even though the war was officially in the truce when I got there, they were still fighting along the DMZ and did for the first 8 months of my tour which they extended by 3 months just 20 days before I was to leave. I visited some of the Island battle sites and looked at the old Jap coastal guns and pill boxes and all of the tanks and other equipment still setting in the water rusting away. But if there ever was a coward created, I would most likely be at the head of the list.
Ron
