In one armoured personnel carrier sat an 18-year-old born in St Petersburg. He emigrated to America six years ago without a word of English. With him was "Red", a 22-year-old corporal who grew up on a farm hundreds of miles from the nearest city in the depths of Illinois. In charge was Sgt Norman Weaver whose wife told him she would leave him if he enlisted for a second term. He signed on again anyway.
This paragraph sums up the US Military Nicely.