He always taught us to think for ourselves, and
he told us that we would not be allowed our
basic freedoms in the military, and he would
DISOWN any of us who joined.

I didn't even know that he had been a DI
until I was 17! He didn't want us to
glamorize the military in ANY way.
He encouraged his "men" to find state-side
service.

Once he told me that a particularly "gung-ho"
recruit was anxious to get to Korea, my Dad
told him
"You could get SHOT over there"

He told my Dad
"If there's a bullet with my name on it,
it will find me.."

My Dad told him
"If you stay HERE, that bullet will be
lodged in a TREE in Korea!"

He raised us to question authority, not to
blindly and willingly follow orders.