Editing David Bonior (section)

==Early life==
Bonior was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Irene (Gavreluk) and Edward Bonior.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pLiQ3FEHEfUC&q=Irene%20Gavreluk%20Bonior&pg=PA126|title=Walking to Mackinac|first=David E.|last=Bonior|date=January 1, 2001|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0472087975|access-date=October 24, 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref> He traces his family history from [[Ukraine]] and [[Poland]].<ref name=macomb>{{dead link|date=October 2016}}{{cite web|title=A Family Journey into Industrial America|url=http://www.macomb.edu/Calendar/2012-09-21+Family+Journey.htm|publisher=Macomb Community College|access-date=7 September 2012}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=ukrweek>[http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1991/499111.shtml GREETINGS, CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014356/http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1991/499111.shtml |date=December 3, 2013 }}, ''[[The Ukrainian Weekly]]'' (8 December 1991)</ref> He graduated from [[Notre Dame High School (Harper Woods, Michigan)|Notre Dame High School]] in [[Harper Woods, Michigan]], in 1963, where he excelled in sports. He received a B.A. from the [[University of Iowa]], where he also played football and became a member of the Iowa Beta chapter of [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] fraternity, in 1967. He received an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] from [[Chapman University|Chapman College]] in [[Orange, California]], in 1972.

He served in the [[United States Air Force]] during the peak of the [[Vietnam War]] from 1968 to 1972, though not in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]]. He was a founder of the Vietnam Era Veterans Caucus on Capitol Hill and was a strong supporter of the Vietnam veterans' movement.