Thomas Guest, ‘28M, had a few extended family members that served in the Army and Navy, but when he sat down with a recruiter over 20 years ago, he said he wanted to serve for the tangible reasons: money, education and job training. What he said he appreciated most within his first year of service, however, was the intangible.
Having grown up locally in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, he was now spending time with people all over the country, spanning New York City to Alaska. Guest had developed a sense of service, camaraderie and leadership.
Students, faculty and community in uniform, watched as the Lehigh Steel Battalion and Color Guard unfolded the U.S. flag and raised it high above campus at the UC Flagpole around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Veterans Day…