MIKE WAS BORN IN CHAMBERSBURG, PA. FOR HIS FIRST SIX MONTHS HE WAS GETTING TO KNOW HIS MOM AND DAD. DURING DEC. 1965 HE WAS ON THE WAY FOR A FIVE-YEAR TOUR IN GERMANY WHERE ROY (DAD) WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO HELP THE GERMAN ARMY LEARN THE AMERICAN SUPPLY SYSTEM.
WHILE IN THE GERMAN AREA, HE LEARNED GERMAN ENOUGH TO CALL FOR CLEAN DIAPERS OR SOME GOOD FOOD. DURING HIS FREE TIME HE WAS BUSY PLAYING WITH THE GERMAN AND AMERICAN CHILDREN. MICHAEL LEARNED SOME CRYING TOO TO GET SOME MILK OR ATTENTION.