[1] News Normandy veteran tells tale of invasion, workcamps [1] Upon graduating high school, I snuck to Yuma, Ariz., to marry my sweetheart, Wilma, on June 6, 1943. I was only 19. But the next few years would be very different for me, as I was drafted into the Armed Forces in October that year. May 03, 2013 May 03, 2013