Luke who was just a regular person in the world but during world war ll lukes life changed. His friend conviced him to being a "Seagoing Cowboy" And when Luke took the invite and he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.

It was 1945, World War ll was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins. To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA (the United States Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the hores,young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas. Luke and Don signed up.

They received their orders to report to New Orleans. "We arrived August 14, " Luke says, " the day the Pacific war ended. " With a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them.

Luke turned 18 before arriving in Greece, which meant he could be drafted for military service. "When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my service. " By the time he was discharged in 1947, Luke had made nine trips_ the most of any Seagoing Cowboy.

"The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy, " he says. "Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis