I worked for a few years with an 'old guy' in the early 1990's who was a draftsman. He was a small guy and short, probably 5'4" at best.

I was gone from that company by the late 90's and I heard he died around 2000. What surprised me was that his obituary mentioned he had served in WWII (I knew that much) and had been a highly decorated airman - a ball turret gunner no less, with a number of downed enemy aircraft to his credit. Talk about a job with a low life expectancy. I wish I had known while he was still alive, but the whole time I knew him he never mentioned it.