In 1985, Josephine “Jackie” Shields and her husband Bob opened Ham-N-Eggs in Lewisville, Texas. Jackie’s passion for feeding others was born from hardship—having survived over three years in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. When Japanese forces invaded Manila, Jackie’s family was torn apart. Her father, a high-ranking military officer, was taken as a prisoner of war, while Jackie, her mother, and her sister were separated and sent to an internment camp for women and children. There, they endured starvation and suffering until they were rescued by the Marines and Allied forces. Her father, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, later passed away due to complications from his captivity. From those experiences, Jackie vowed never to let anyone go hungry again.