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In more depth my grandfather was specifically a comunications officer in the Korean War. He actually signed up for the service due to the fact that he couldn't find any other line of employment. Funny part is the next day he got a call from one of the local factories saying he had been hired. He landed on August 22nd 1950 and didn't return leave until September 30th 1953. He only saw combat once and that was in the middle of the night when his encampment was attacked by the North Koreans. He and the rest of the communications officers awoke to sounds of gunshots and explosives. Most of them were armed only with pistols and couldn't see worth a damn. In my grandfathers words that I've heard again and again, "We could barely see as we fired off shots at anything that moved. We were lucky if we could hit anything at all." He managed to get out a distress signal quickly and reinforcements arrived within an hour. My grandfather now is in stage four Alzheimer's yet he can still remember every detail of that night and the war, even if he forgets my age and almost every detail about me.

My father was never deployed into combat as he went through the officer training school and became a tactical officer. He served for eight years but never had any stories to tell about his experience. He mostly acted as an assistant to his supperiors and never got a chance to do much else. I really think he could've done a lot more if he was given the chance.

My brother entered the Air Force because he thought he had no other option. His grades were poor, he had no work ethic, and he didn't have any outstanding skills besides being good at video games (we're talking mid 90's video games here) and building things (he liked to play with LEGO's). He went into the Air Force due to his fascination with planes and flying. In the Air Force he found his neiche as an engineer/mechanic and really acceled at it. He spent four years in the Air Force and after his service was done he went to college to become an aeromechanic.

I truly couldn't be prouder to be related to them.