Bio

• Name:   Arthur DeGroat
• Age:   57yrs.
• Service Period:   Gulf War
• Branch:   US Army
• Introduction:
  
  "It gave me a lifelong gift of perspective, no matter how bad things get...and I went on later to watch my wife tragically die, day by day of cancer...and combat experience gave me an inner strength and a perspective that I can deal with anything that life gives me."
  – Art DeGroat
  
  A 22-year military service career, including combat as a tank commander in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Rebuilding a University's ROTC program. Executive Director of the Office of Military and Veterans Affairs of Kansas State University. A widowed father raising two daughters after his wife's tragic death. Art DeGroat recounts the humanity of war, the lessons of combat, and the cost of a life of service.
  
  This is: "DeGroat, a service story".