d get mesome bread he said OK. Even though he did not want to go get it, he did it anyway, but as hewent to get the bread, he became angry that he had to go get it, so when he got back to the househe had thrown the bread onto the roof of the house. This story has great meaning to me, becauseit was very rare that he would act out this extreme, especially to his mother, but this did showhow he didnt fear the consequences no matter how severe it could have been.He met my grandmother when he was twelve years old, and she was nine years old. Theywould go to dances, and they would enjoy each others company in the cheapest way they could,because their money was limited. After two years the they fell in love, and knew they weredestined to be together. They would talk about marriage, and what they wanted to grow up tobe, and about having children, and how many. In 1948, my grandpap enlisted into the US army,because he knew he was too young and he didnt have enough money to get married. He knewby joining the military, it would open new doors for him. In order to sign up, he changed his birthcertificate. So he said bye to his girlfriend, my grandmother, and left for basic training.In 1949, my grandpap was sent to Korea. While in the military, he and my grandmotherwould write to each other, to keep their relationship in tact. He would serve three chaos filledyears in Korea. While in Korea, he was wounded in three different places during two differentoccasions. The first time he was wounded by a hand-grenade, he was hit in the head, whichcaused some impairment in his right eye, and he was also hit in the foot, he spent three months ina hospital where his toe was amputated. He would tell me that when you were hit it felt hot atfirst, but then it would get cold. I never quite understood this sensation, because I have neverexperienced it, this is one of the many things he tried to teach me about war. He was awarded thepurple heart, for ...
