Today I honor my Mike Labriola who served in WWII born in Italy moved to USA and served in the Army in Italy. This traumatic experience unhinged his life and became a never-ending battle of emotional turmoil. I regret that I did not have the opportunity to serve my country during the Vietnam war but could not justify enlisting during this horrific senseless conflict. I was drafted but got a student deferment. Then I almost enlisted failed the drum audition and passed the guitar audition but withdrew the possibility.