His father Chester thought that it sounded pretty good. So Bucky went out to the local Veterans Administration Office and filled out a claim form. He didn’t have all the information but he did what he could. He got the claim back after 3 months. It was marked: ‘‘cannot identify’’. Bucky called the VA, the guy send him another form to complete. The form was a request for military records. The request came back after only 3 weeks with the same rubber stamp. Bucky told Chester what happened. Chester called the Randolph Air Force Base in Texas, which is where the Air force keeps personnel files. They said that they had no record of Johnny Lee, or if they did they wouldn’t talk. They wanted to see Johnny get what he deserved. Kinsey offered to help. Henry left, he went to pickup family members who came for the wedding. He invited Kinsey for dinner. Kinsey went to Bucky’s house after Henry left. Bucky opened the door and invited her in. He gave her a pile of papers and also told her that they couldn’t afford to pay for her services. There was a death certificate, the mortuary release, his birth certificate, Social Security card, and copies of the two Veterans Administration forms. The first form was the application for burial benefits, the second a request for military records. On the latter the branch of service had been filled out, but the service number, grade, rank, and the dates the old man had served were all missing.