He helped to keep the Navy’s fleet afloat
He joined the Army in 1969 when he was 18 years old. “Me and school never got along.”
“The best job I ever had was in the ‘80s up in Virginia, working as a sheet metal mechanic in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. It’s where they build, remodel and repair the Navy’s ships.
“Being a Vietnam War-era veteran, I was proud to help service the fleet and keep the Navy’s surface crafts and submarines going. The subs were the most interesting to work on. It was really tight quarters, but their overall size was pretty impressive when you got a close-up view of them in dry dock.”
