This candid exposé reveals events leading up to one young man’s weighty decision to join the Army National Guard in 1939. From that point, the die is cast for Nathaniel Forrest Bedford’s WWII military career. A veteran to be remembered as one of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey’s most memorable and decorated. I salute him and this true story of his early life and service.
–James L. Prescott, Navigator, USS Biddle (CG-34), 1977 – 1981