He was very dedicated to the people of the Philippines.
He was a good student; he worked hard at whatever he did. If it meant putting your head down and slogging it out, no complaining, he just did his job.
He didn't talk much about it. He wasn't in the invasion (of Normandy), but he walked pretty much across Europe.
I kind of looked up to him as a man who had made up his mind, because he really knew what he wanted to do in life.