NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — For decades, the Cannon family has answered the call to serve, passing down a legacy of sacrifice and pride.
Each deployment, every hardship, every triumph, and every promotion earned adds to the family’s unwavering dedication to service.
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“The Army it gets in your blood and you’re certainly used to the environment, and the family that’s there in the Army,” said David Cannon.
It’s a legacy that started more than six decades ago.
“First of all, I did not enlist. The government enlisted me. I was drafted,” said Frank Cannon Jr.
This legacy quickly turned into a family business and became one Frank Cannon Jr.’s sons were proud to carry out with the youngest of the Cannon brothers enlisting first.
“I went in in 1987. So while I was in, my brothers were actually finishing up ROTC, so I think I was the first one to go in. Is that right? So, I was the first one of my, of my siblings to go in, I enlisted when I was 16 years old and then actually got sent to basic training when I was 17 years old. So, I kind of knew, right as soon as I finished high school, the Army was for me,” said Johnson Cannon.