Holy shit, Jack (Legally John) was born in 1895, and would be 46 in 1941, perfectly old enough to be a brigadier general if he began a military career in the 20s or 30s. Now Jack probably had anti-government sentiments because of... the thing... but nobody knows what happened in the decades following. This is just a headcanon.

Great history find my father fought in that war

İnteresting find!