Herman Schuster was born November 8, 1908 in Hope, KS. He attended the Union Valley School then Hope High School. He was valedictorian of his class of 1926 as well as a member of the football and track team. Schuster went on to graduate from Kansas Wesleyan School of Commerce and the Command Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. In December 23, 1940 he enlisted into the Army National Guard. He served in the 35th Division in Europe throughout World War II and saw action at D-Day landing in Normandy as well as with Patton's 3rd Army, in the Battle of the Bulge, the Rhine crossing and the conquest of the Ruhr. Back in the states, Schuster married Henrietta Bates and had 2 daughters. They lived in Siloam Springs, Arkansas where Shuster worked for Kansas Power and Light in Topeka, KS., retiring as Vice President.