after his heroic actions in vietnam had landed him in the infirmary, somehow he had managed to get a hold of General Westemoreland. the medical personal wanted to send him home, but he convinced the General to convince the doctors to send him back to his outfit
because he was unfit for his previous duties (he was attached to a howitzer crew, i believe) they mad him a cook.
when i met him, it was more then 40 years afterwards and he said he still did all the cooking in his house, just like he learned in the army
the only problem was, he only know how to cook for a battalion