He was honorably discharged as a master sergeant in December 1945 and served in the U.S. Army reserve until 1949.  Prior to leaving for the South Pacific, Jim Exon married Patricia Pros of Omaha in 1943.  The Exons have three children:  Steve, Pam, and Candy,  three grandsons, and five granddaughters.  Following World War II, Jim Exon returned to Nebraska and began his long and successful business career in 1946 with the Universal Finance Corporation.  Eight years later, he became an independent businessman, when Jim and his wife Pat founded Exon’s Incorporated, which grew into one of Nebraska’s best-known office equipment companies.