I was drafted into the Army and went to Korea. They put me into the infantry since I was the tallest guy in the country! (Laughs)

I went at the right time if there is such a thing as the right time. But, I went there and because they were short of help, we were breaking the company in. They took me and can you imagine the shortest guy and I can’t carry a _______ my life and I was carry out ______ my life and I was going _______ to order at Reveille at the morning.

I said, “Jesus Christ!” and after that I got promoted to a Sargent.

So, I said, “Gee, this is easy!”

I was there for a while. As time went by I finally got promoted to a master sergeant and then they wanted me – then it was time for me to go home and I said, “I’m getting out of here!”

They offered me a battlefield commission if I stayed another six months and I was thinking about it but I says, “Phil, you survived all this. Why take the chance?” So I turned it down.

In Korea I got a few scratches here and there but nothing to kill me off. I don’t care to talk much about the Korean War. It was exciting though and I still say this, they should have that law – I don’t give a damn who the kid is. You go in and get your training and you learn something, cause I learned a lot and I was a little cocky.

And then when you start breaking other people in, you know, in combat and all that… I started saying, “All this time you’ve been fighting people that are trying to help you out. Now you are helping someone else out and you gotta be a jackass.” That’s what it amounts to.

When I got out I thought about looking for a different job. I had plans for that, but my dad was very strict. It was all set up. So, I went down there and I kept saying to myself, “I am going to leave there.” I didn’t want to get my mother involved because, you know, she’s got to stick up for her kids.