He joined the army at age 16. Fort Ord, on the beautiful California coast had just been opened. This is the autobiography of Jacob C. Myres, describing his adventure from Oklahoma, to California, to his life patrolling the Mexican border prior to the U.S. being drawn into WWII. He was one of the last U.S. Cavalry Horse Soldiers. The very young Jacob Myres is deployed to the Pacific. This is the story of bloody battles on Pacific islands and of extraordinary loss. It is in the end, a story of a young man who was in the Army, every day, throughout the war, and along the way received many awards for bravery and valor, including the Silver Star and Purple Heart. His Honorable discharge was finally given to him at the ripe old age of twenty-one.