[Chadworkz]

My Grandfather was a Paratrooper in the 11th Airborne, and served in the Philippines, New Guinea, Leyte Gulf, and was in Japan after the war had ended, helping with the clean-up. Along with many other medals, he received the Purple Heart, and both Bronze & Silver Stars.

My Dad was in the 6510th Air-Base Group, but was never deployed for action.

I tried to join the Marines as soon as I graduated, but I failed the physical due to breaking my neck during a football game my Senior year (broke 2 vertebrae, fractured my skull, and had a Grade-3 [major] concussion with retrograde amnesia [5 days]).