After graduating from high school, he joined the United States Army. "I went in as a ‘gung-ho’ young man, and I came out as a disenchanted, angry, more mature young man", he later said.
After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Army. "I went in as a 'gung-ho' young man, and I came out as a disillusioned, angry, more mature young man", he later stated.