Bob Hare, of Lincoln, wanted to see the world and decided the Army was the way to do it.
He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1946. His father, Leo, was drafted into World War II, despite being 35 years old, having four children and running a business. He spent three years in the South Pacific with the Navy on a troop transport ship.
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