Ken Blades, a native Missourian, was born in the post-WWII era when peace was thought to be everlasting. Graduating from Arkansas State University in 1968, he quickly realized ther...view moreKen Blades, a native Missourian, was born in the post-WWII era when peace was thought to be everlasting. Graduating from Arkansas State University in 1968, he quickly realized there would be no peace for him or other men of his age if they cherished America, which they had been privileged to have known. In the years previous to America’s involvement in Vietnam, hundreds of thousands of lives were being threatened all over Indo-China. History has always shown that no one is untouchable from world aggression no matter how many miles away the seeds of that aggression might be growing.view less