Since we are dicussing this, I always thought my grandpa had a good story about serving during Korean War. He was in his sophomore year in college on a baseball scholarship(he was legit good from everyone in town who has told me over the years) and received his draft notice. I think that they had deferred his drafting for a little while since he was in college, which gave him time to willingly join the Air Force and get around being drafted and sent to the front lines. His best friend opted to be drafted and he was sent to a foxhole in Korea.

He ended up being stationed at a SAC/AEC base in Caribou, Maine for the duration of his enlistment, in which he was given Q clearance and had FBI agents come to his hometown to interview friends/family about him. You can imagine this is during the early 50's when America was full force against Communism. His base was a first-strike location that had bombers in air at all times, capable of striking Russia with atomic bombs if needed. I don't think he ever saw any nukes up close but he always said they kept it in two pieces, only combining them once they were on the plane. Also, they were using pure fission bombs when he first arrived but had switched to fusion before he left. His base was completely camouflaged, with igloo-like buildings that looked like the surrounding terrain from the air, and had two high powered electric fences surrounding it(which constantly kept the base on high alert from wild animals getting popped by the fences). After he served, his clearance level allowed him the opportunity to move to Oak Ridge, TN as a civilian but he ultimately decided he missed home and my grandmother and so he came home. Anyways, I always thought his experience was really interesting to hear about.