"He had a great sense of humor. One time, when the great Gen. Chuck Yeager was visiting, we told him about Ken's war record. Yeager just sniffed that he never saw any Marines in Europe. Well, when Ken arrived, we told him what Yeager had said, so Ken said, 'Well, if we had been there, it wouldn't have taken you so long to win the war.' Even Yeager laughed."