U.S. Navy

I was in the Navy from 1963- 1967. I was an Electronic Tech. (radar) ETR3 in the Submarine Service. I was assigned to the USS Tiru, SS416, home ported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. I was later fortunate to receive a Secretary of the Navy fleet appointment to the Naval Academy @ Annapolis, Maryland. The Navy and I parted company after my plebe (freshman) year. I remember the great guys that I met in the service, enlisted and officers alike. Footloose and fancy free @ 19 years old trying to do a man's job. We were all concerned about Viet Nam. Men and women in service at the time were not held in very high esteem by the civilian population.