 Complete the following phrase:  The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into the war. Vonnegut was a member of Reserve Officers Training Corps, but poor grades and a satirical article in Cornells newspaper cost him his place there. He was placed on academic probation in May 1942 and dropped out the following January. No longer eligible for a deferment as a member of ROTC, he faced likely conscription into the United States Army. Instead of waiting to be drafted, he enlisted in the Army and in March 1943 reported to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for basic training. Vonnegut was trained to fire and maintain howitzers and later received instruction in mechanical engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee as part of the Army Specialized Training Program ASTP. In early 1944, the ASTP was canceled due to the Armys need for soldiers to support 