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John was born in Canada during the Second World War, while his American father was overseas serving as a Chaplain in the Royal Canadian Air Force. John's Australian-born Canadian mother, and her Australian father, raised him those first 4 years of life. After the war was over the family remained in Canada; John's American father was an officer of the Salvation Army, in Canada. After John's Grandfather passed away, the family moved back to the United States. John attended Jr. High School and High School in Arizona and California, then enlisted in the United States Navy. As a result of the decision to enter the Armed Forces of the United States, John resolved the question of dual citizenship by thus declaring himself an American citizen. However, the National Anthems of both countries are an integral part of John's heritage, and both pieces of music, and all of the pageantry surrouunding the playing of these anthems, strike chords in his heart that summon a cry to each and every person in the world - "To your own self, and to your country, be true!"
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