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Photo by Elvyn Jones

November 4, 2009

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Jim Martino grew up in the 1970s and often rebelled against his father. But Martino respected his father’s service in the Navy during World War II. It was a tradition of patriotism and service that also included his four uncles, Martino said. That respect led Martino to enlist in the Navy during the Vietnam War.

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Despite clashes, son followed father into service

Part of the tension developed over the political landscape that separated the generations in the Vietnam era. Jim Martino remembers a heated argument with this father after the Kent State anti-war demonstrations that left four students of that university dead.

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