As John walks out of his Father's farmhouse in Uxheim, Germany he knows his father will come looking for him because he needs John to work on the farm for many hours at a time. So he figured he would join the German army, but everyone knows you have to be 17 to join the army! But John had a plan, because of all the time John had spent on the field he looked much older than he truly was so he would then lie about his age and... ''your age'' said the enlistment officer. John obviously a bit dazed answered '' yes umm 17?''. An hour later, he was given a Wehrmacht Uniform and helmet plus a Mauser 98 service rifle and thrown in a canvas truck with some other soldiers ''here!'' yelled the driver. in front of him there was what seemed like a endless line of identical looking soldiers ''go!'' said the officers. Rat-a-tat-tat many soldiers were mowed down by an array of bullets John dove for cover but war prevailed ''bam!'' the world seemed to blur around him this was it.