.....and I thought that the police only read the Police Gazette.

Michael initially wants nothing to do with the Corleone's "family business", and wants to live a more Americanized life, and is enrolled at Dartmouth College. After the United States' entry into World War II, he enlists in the Marines and fights in the Pacific Theatre. For his bravery, Michael is featured in Life magazine in 1944, having been awarded the Silver Star. Michael is discharged as a Captain to recover from wounds in 1945. He later re-enters Dartmouth, where he meets his future wife, Kay Adams (Diane Keaton).