When Pearl Harbor was bombed, my Dad immediately joined the Navy. He lied about his age; HE WAS TOO OLD! He was born in 1903.
Dad's ship took a torpedo and Dad was subsequently put into a full body cast for close to a year because of it.
A priest took good care of Dad...brought cigarettes, magazines and his mail to the hospital for him. The priest was Father Leonard and that is who I was named after!
And that is why I joined the Navy from 1965 to 1969 with about 21 months of duty off the coast of Vietnam.
Dad's ship took a torpedo and Dad was subsequently put into a full body cast for close to a year because of it.
A priest took good care of Dad...brought cigarettes, magazines and his mail to the hospital for him. The priest was Father Leonard and that is who I was named after!
And that is why I joined the Navy from 1965 to 1969 with about 21 months of duty off the coast of Vietnam.