4F- a short history of a not-quite-adequate warrior

During the war, a group of young men, rejected from the Army because of a variety of disabilities, not only found a way to get into the conflict, but won praise and honors for their courage in some of the war’s toughest battles. Kept out of the Army for everything from bad eye-sight to a wooden leg to unacceptable sexual orientation, they not only managed to get into the action by volunteering as ambulance drivers with our French and British allies in Africa, Europe and on the India/Burma border, but were cited for their heroism by none other than President Roosevelt, the King of England, and Supreme Allied Commander, General Eisenhower. In fact, one of them actually won the George Medal – the highest honor for bravery the British Empire could award.