I had a favorite uncle who served in Korea. The only story I remember him telling was about his unit once coming under mortar fire. Everyone ran for a foxhole and piled in. The troops were worried about my uncle and were asking what happened to Captain Strickland.

He replied from the bottom of the pileup that he was the first one in the hole and the rest of them nearly killed him jumping in on top. He came home at the end perfectly healthy...Geo