I was a member of the United States Marine Corps 1958 - 1968 Went through 13 weeks of boot camp at Paris Island S.C. Took advanced Infantry training at Camp Geiger in Jacksonville, N.C. After that I was assigned to the 6th Marine regiment 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville, NC.

Transferred to Oahu, Hawaii in 1959. I was there when they made it our 50th state. I Stayed there until 1961. I then Transferred to the Brunswick Navel Air Station in Brunswick, Maine. Stayed there until my discharge from active duty in 1962.

I signed up for an additional 6 years in the Marine Corp Reserve unit in Baltimore Md.