My dad was a career officer in the Army from WWII until the early 60's when he retired. He'd been in the artillery early in his career, then later part of the signal corps. He retired to Decatur, IL which was his last full duty station. The Signal Supply Center there has since closed becoming a Firestone and later Bridgestone tire plant.

My brother-in-law won the Silver Star in Vietnam. He never really talks about it, but I one time got to see the citation where he crawled out under fire to rescue a wounded member of his unit.

My father-in-law served in Europe during WWII providing maintenance support for front line fighter bases.

Lived most of my first 17 or 18 years on Army bases both in the states and overseas. It was a good life and I had the unusual experience of sharing my ninth grade in Japan with a girl who had been in my first grade class in Germany.