Although he’s frustrated at the way the war was handled, or mishandled and says there were so many mistakes that cost soldiers their lives, Mesyn often wishes he would have stayed in the Marines. He said he could have retired a long time ago with a full pension. He came home, got back to work eventually opening his own construction business which he still owns and operates. He married his wife Donna and they live in Clinton Twp., Michigan. He’s a father to six children, one of which is my husband, and “Grampy” to ten grandchildren (two are mine). He’s also one of my heroes.