Feldman had been drafted at 16 by the german army in the closing days of WWII,Wow, the kid was young.
and later was able to enter the USA thru family connections.
Good news for him.
Very popular GI, as he was originally from Bavaria, and knew all the local hot spots..
And good news for you, too. ;^)
I've read that some of the Volkstrum at wars end were as young as 12/13 years old..
In fact one of the last movies of Hitler was of him decorating a beardless lad outside his Berlin bunker. - Kid looked to be right out of gradeschool.