My father was Army from around '41 to '72. Parents spent a lot of time in post WWII Japan, came back with an adopted half-Japanese son one time and me another
. That son, my brother, was also career Army, and a decorated Airborne Ranger Infantryman in the rather unpopular war that ended in '75. Dad had a long tour at the Pentagon, so my brothers and I used to go to the basement gym there, it was fun. Army life was a good way to grow up.