My Daddy was a WW2 veteran. He joined the Navy before the war, signed on for 8 years and was still in the Navy when the war ended.
A bit of trivia; they were forbidden to tell their families where they were-loose lips sink ships. My daddy wanted to let his Mother know that he was ok and where he was, so he sent her a man's neck tie with a hula girl on it. When she opened it, her sister crowed "I know where JB is! He's in Hawaii!!"