article_snippet.sent: Drain dropped out of school after the eighth grade and then enlisted in the Navy in 1951 at age 17 - just in time to be shipped off to serve in the Korean War.
article_snippet.sent: Drain (right) enlisted in the Navy in 1951 at the age of 17 and would have been serving in the Korean War when his own prom happened . '
highlights_snippet.sent: Drain was 17 when grandfather enlisted in the Navy to serve in the Korean War, so missed grandfather own high school dance .