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My father had a recruiter sitting in the living room waiting for me when I got home from school.

My older step-brother influenced my decision to join when I did. I wanted to join the Army from the age of about 7. When Chuck joined the WVNG at 18, I was peeved. I could out-do him at almost everything from the time I was 13, so being 16 when he joined just chapped me that I couldn't. Until a year later, when I was 17 (and aced the ASVAB) and joined the USAR. I went active duty in 1989 and loved/hated it until my retirement in 2011.

My brother, He & I are the only ones in our whole family that ever joined the Military and we are proud to have served our Country for a (3) year term.

My older SGM Airborne SF brother.

Trying to be a resposible citizen, no money for college, and wanted to be the best I could be.

My mother, she wished that she had been able to travel, so she did through me.

My father, a 23 year veteran.

My Grandmother started the ball rolling ...

My number was one in the draft. So I enlisted.

I knew and spoke with several neighbors in Chicago who returned from Vietnam.