When I was growing up and for several years after that, the branches of our U.S. Military that I was most familiar with were the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force. I was familiar with the Army because I had an uncle in that branch of service in WWII and later I learned my husband had an uncle who was also in that conflict and served under General George Patton. Classmates …