John Lane, a resident at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg, could have gotten a deferment to keep him out of Korea. However, he decided against that.
He was working on a farm in Malta Bend, when he got his draft notice at the age of 22. He was one of nine children. His brothers were of the wrong age to go into the service.
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