Buster Neft was the husband of Betsy Neft, and the son-in-law of Ed and Diana McGraw. A football player in high school, Neft served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was injured in combat, leaving him with a permanent limp and dashing his hopes of playing football professionally.^[1]

In September, 1945, he shared the family's grief upon learning that his brother-in-law, Pat, had been killed by German Freedom Front attack outside of Munich, Germany.^[2] Buster and Betsy were both supportive of Diana McGraw's efforts to bring U.S. troops home after Pat McGraw's death.^[3]

He and Betsy had one son, Stan.^[4]

1. ↑ The Man With the Iron Heart, pgs. 72.
2. ↑ Ibid., pgs. 72-75.
3. ↑ Ibid., pgs. 140-141, generally.
4. ↑ Ibid.,pg. 72.

v · d · e The Man With the Iron Heart POV Characters Wes Adams*†• Vladimir Bokov • Bernie Cobb • Jerry Duncan • Frankfurt Guard*• Rolf Halbritter* • Reinhard Heydrich† • Ivan Koniev*† • Konrad* • Diana McGraw • Cedric Mitchell* • Ernst Neulen*† • Joachim Peiper • Charlie Pytlak*† • Tom Schmidt • Smitty (Iron Heart)* • Jürgen Voss*† • Lou Weissberg Secondary Characters Konrad Adenauer • Toby Benton • Shmuel Birnbaum • Lucius Clay • Howard Frank • Johannes Klein • Joseph W. Martin • Ed McGraw • Sam Rayburn • Moisei Shteinberg • Robert Taft • Harry Truman • Karl Wirtz Geography Germany *=Denotes POV for one scene only. †=Denotes POV who was killed.