People tried to tell me what to expect in war. I was drafted fresh out of high school into the war against Austria-Hungary in 1917. People would tell me it was a service, an honor; and that I should be proud to serve our great country. I was proud. I was barely eighteen and ready to do anything with my buddies as long as we stayed together. Tommy Chambers, Rudy Matthews, Austen Bennor, and I were inseparable