Rarely am I completely 100% immersed in the moment, but Jerry was a humbling moment for me. Jerry is originally from Pittsburgh, and he became an engineer at the University of Pittsburgh. He began his oil and gas career in west Texas and suddenly felt compelled to serve. He was enlisted into the US Army and part of a secret program of bomb disposal teams the US created. This unit was the precursor to what is known today as Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD). This 98-year man seemed to leave everything on the table and has no regrets in life. We talk for a good hour plus on his journey, and I am happy to know him and call him a friend now. People like him are the reason I started to capture these oral histories from my fellow veterans.
