 Following the end of the war , Kouma decided to stay in the Army . He was moved to South Korea for occupation duties before being moved to Japan for the post @-@ war occupation of that country . Eventually , Kouma was assigned as a tank commander in A Company , 72nd Tank Battalion , 2nd Infantry Division , which was stationed at Fort Lewis , Washington . By this time he had a home in Penobscot County , Maine when he was not at Fort Lewis . 
