Nischitha Umesh

“His superiors in the Merchant Marine were astonished. Here he was, ready to go back to the security of the Merchant Marine Academy for another eighteen months of accelerated training, and he wanted to quit to join one of the most dangerous outfits in the service. His officer offered him a thirty-day furlough to think it over. Broderick said, “No, my mind’s made up.”
― Tom Brokaw, The Greatest Generation

“not have noticed my fidgeting. His ignorance of it will make it easier to appease mother during her lecture. But it's hard”
― Janeal Falor, You Are Mine

“Tom Broderick spent seventeen weeks in basic training for the infantry in Mineral Wells, Texas, before heading to Fort Benning, Georgia, to become a member of the 82nd Airborne. When he finished his training, a captain offered him an instructor’s job and the rank of sergeant. Again Broderick refused the safer alternative, saying he wanted to stay with his outfit and go overseas. Broderick”
― Tom Brokaw, The Greatest Generation