Boys Quote by Tom Hanks

I hate to say it, but I had a great time in World War II.

— Andy Rooney

I joined the air force. I took to it immediately when I arrived there. I did three years, eight months, and ten days in…

— Morgan Freeman

I spent 34 months on the battleship Alabama, South Dakota-class. I was a gun captain. First we went to Russia for about 11 months…

— Bob Feller

It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army.

— Lloyd Alexander

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

— Mel Brooks

World War II made war reputable because it was a just war. I wouldn't have missed it for anything. You know how many other…

— Kurt Vonnegut

A few weeks after the planes hit the World Trade Center, I applied for a direct commission in the U.S. Army Reserve and ultimately…

— Cal Cunningham

I was 20 years old at Pearl Harbor. I was in the Navy about a year and four months before the war.

— Barney Ross

But I felt it necessary to be part of the war effort and I enlisted in the Navy to be a flyer.

— Paul Berg

I was a Air Force kid. I got out of high school and I decided to join the military. I traveled and I was…

— Donnis

I loved World War II. I didn't want the war to end. I wanted the war to go on forever.

— Russ Meyer

I left the Navy as a lieutenant after spending almost 10 years as a helicopter pilot.

— Mikie Sherrill