Michael had fled Nazi Germany with his family for Israel . At 18 , he enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight against his homeland . After the war , he joined the Israeli Army and led an anti - tank crew . Upon leaving the Army , he became a career journalist working for the San Francisco Chronicle and The Los Angeles Times , and as a science writer and a communications director at UCLA . He was later recalled by the U.S. Army to serve in the Korean War .
Michael had fled Nazi Germany with his family for Israel . At 18 , he enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight against his homeland . After the war , he joined the Israeli Army and led an anti - tank crew . He was later recalled by the U.S. Army to serve in the Korean War .