Semester Dos, Blog 10

During the second world war, my grandfather wanted to enlist in the military and serve his country extremely badly. When he turned 18 and he was finally old enough to serve, he went to the drafting board and signed up. However as a requirement to join the military you had to have a physical completed. When he got his physical, the doctors discovered that he had Tuberculosis in his lungs and so he was forbidden from serving. He was extremely sad about this news and also felt very ashamed since during the time of world war two everyone wanted to join the military and make their country proud. To this day he is still embarrassed and ashamed by the fact the he did not serve in World War Two.