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“During my younger age, I had a choice of going into the service, and I took two exams: one for the Navy and one for the Army Air Force,” Svejnoha, who lives in a senior living community in Naperville, Illinois, told Naperville Community Television.
He added he “didn’t have too much choice — I was supposed to report for duty.”
Svejnoha survived the war and returned to the U.S., where he has lived a long and happy life. But there was one thing he would never experience: the high school prom. At least that was what he thought.