Sentences with phrase «eventually joining the military»

(That two of the three eventually join the military goes unremarked upon.)

Born in 1931 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Tom Wesselmann first went to school at the University of Cincinnati before eventually joining the military between 1951 and 1954.

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My friend talked his parents into letting him join the military at 17, and he went off to «Nam, eventually, and came back here at 20, after being hurt in «combat» (A car wreck, actually).

The mother and son bounced from family member to family member, trying to find a place to stay for years before Henry managed to finish high school, join the military and eventually get through college through the G.I. Bill, he said.

At Runnymede Collegiate, he scraped by academically, joined the army reserves, and set his sights on the military or police, eventually opting for the Toronto force.