21.   For his wartime service, Berge was awarded the prestigious Croix de Guerre and other military honors.

22.   For his wartime service he was designated a Companion of the British Empire, and awarded the U.S. Bronze Star.

23.   He said all records of his wartime service are lost.

24.   He said he was never asked for details of his wartime service.

25.   His wartime service took him to Murmansk in northern Russia, where he learned Russian and embarked on a study of Slavic literature.

26.   Shelton said he has documentation that his grandfather served in the Union Army, settled peacefully in Texas and received a pension for his wartime service.

27.   Wartime service on Army tribunals gave him a taste for the law.