ASK JACKSON

The Southeast Missourian asked veterans what frightened them most about war.

James Johnson: "In World War II, I went into Japan as a spy and got out six weeks before we dropped the bomb."

Dick Schroeder: "While I was in Vietnam, bullets were flying about three feet away from me."

Jim Litz: "All wars scare me. After young boys are sent to fight these battles, they get home and get no respect. Anything they have coming, they deserve."

Gilbert Beussink: "I was on the line in Korea for 12 months and was hit once. It wasn't too serious, so I went back for another four months."

Bill Poe: "It was when I got my draft notice in 1944. I was 18. The war was just ending when I got to Japan."