5. My most unusual friend

My most unusual friend was my Captain - he really liked me and always wanted me to cut his hair.  Listen to the tape to hear about all the things I ended up doing with him and for him and for others.  He really was a great Captain and a great...

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4. Friends in the Navy

Friends I had in the Navy. This was a friend of mine that we buddied around a bit because he wanted to learn more about my religion and he was in mess gear with me in San Diego.  Mess gear is where you serve the chow to other sailors that are...

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3. Presidents of the United States when I served

Presidents of the United States when I served.  Also I talk about what my view of the Nation was at that time.Dwight D. Eisenhower was President when I joined the Navy. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99;...

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2. Before entering the Navy

Before my time in the service, I was working as a receiving and purchasing clerk. My mother had 3 brothers that served in the Navy.  On my father\'s side of the family there was 1 boy that served in the Navy also. We all seemed to like the Navy.

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1. Life in the Navy - Glenn L. Banks

This audio recording was made for the Veteran\'s History Project.  The complete recording can be found in the Library of Congress once it has been processed (http://www.loc.gov/vets/).  This is the largest audio recording - about 32 minutes.  The rest of the audio recordings are 1 to 4 minutes.  (These are questions...

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7. A Humorous Story

I managed to say the right thing to have 2 fellow shipmates laugh instead of getting into a fight. Narrow steep stairs - but we managed and got used to it.

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6. Pictures taken while serving in the Navy

These are pictures that were taken while I was in the Navy.  Some are out on the ocean in the "USS Bauer 1025 DE" ship.  Others were taken while we were stationed in San Diego. Additional pictures are listed below that weren\'t in the slide show. This is a river that...

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