larry my biological father won the Navy Cross at Choisin. My adoptive father spent 4 years on a destroyer in WWII. I attempted to join the military Marines and Army shortly after my 40th Birthday on 9/11/ 01 (my birthday was is 9/11). Forty was too old. BTW I had an appointment to Annapolis in 1979 but BOTH of my father's begged me NOT to serve (my biological father had killed about 23 chinese soldiers many teenaged and begged me NEVER to kill). I decided to wait and see if there was ever a WWII like cause--it came when I was 40---not my fault. I respect NO ONE for ignorant prejudice. If we can't have decency as one of our values which includes respect for other cultures then the US is not worth fighting for. BTW very few of our wars involved existential threats to our freedom, certainly NOT IRAQ.