As an official old guy, I was drafted in that lovely letter from Lyndon Baines Johnson, and recall with great disgust Robert McNamara's book tour cum apologia "after" the war. I was Army.
In which service did you serve?
Were you in the military when you were in Europe is what I was inquiring.
A service academy family member was assigned to the Fulda Gap in the 70s.
He took the Russian threat seriously, but then he expected 100 shells to fall on his position in the first hour.