I didn t want someone like Hitler coming in and changing things. Shehab said times were different back then. He felt like he had 140 million Americans supporting him on those front lines. You have a different mind when you re young. When I look back, even though we were in Europe, the entire country was with us, Shehab said.
People just couldn t do enough for the troops.
It was a common effort, that war. Today, Shehab is disappointed with the lack of support America shows to the military. We put our troops in harm s way. We have been taking away from defense department and it is breaking the core of the military. The New Jersey native is the military career type.