[ddbach]

Dad turns 82 in another month, so that would have made him just 17. You could enlist early with parents signature from what I recall him saying. I saw his discharge papers years ago but never really paid attention to his entrance date if it was there. My sister would know if it's easily findable in his VA records since his original military records were part of those lost in a fire in St. Louis years ago and his own records are packed up in dissarray. I'll have to ask her.