These three elderly men have a combined age of more than 200 years. Looking at their weathered faces, you’d never think that they were once the underwater heroes of post-independence Singapore.

In his work, illustrator 2nd Sergeant (2SG) (NS) Lee Xin Li of Pok Pok & Away draws from personal memories and stories of his own National Service (NS) experience to juxtapose nostalgia and imagination.

Diabetes is incurable but CPT (NS) Melvin Tan managed to "reverse" his condition, weaning himself off jabs and medication.