05-25-2015, 01:09 PM
My gandfather had his family later in life (his mid-40s). At the age of 15+, stuck on a farm and bored to tears (to hear him tell it), he lied about his age and signed up to fight in WWI. He was in the Navy. Looking at myself at 16, how I acted and felt about things, I cannot magine signing up to join a war in Europe that was already in progress. He died in 1989, and outside of his motivations to join, never talked about his experiences over there.
