pappy shelton was up for it. this was the guy who was worn in mississippi. he grew up on a farm and picked cotton, did a lot of different jobs through his life. he was as tough as nails and he joined the military when he was 18 years old. he joined as a private and went to korea and saw action right away. he was wounded three times, won the silver star. he came back and decided you know i love the military. i'm going to make this my career. the only time he left the military was just before he got married. he decided he was going to try farming again. the military had a policy that you can leave the military for 90 days and return, if you return within 90 days he would get your previous rank that after 90 days you would go back to being a private and at the time he was a sergeant. on the 87th day he returned because farming in mississippi was too hard and he loved the army life and he missed it. so he decided since he was going to make it a career he was going to do more than that, he wanted to learn as much as he possibly could. at 28 years old to cut off a