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My Dad!

My father, a Korean & Vietnam War Vet.

Ronald Reagan IRAN hostage speech he gave when running for PRESIDENT 1980 election he won the day he took his OATH the hostages got freed 1/20/1981 later that year I took my OATH 12/10/1981 @ the Quincy MA ARMORY I joined the MA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 26th (YANKEE) INFANTRY DIVISION CO.C 1st 101st INFANTRY

No one influenced me. I wanted to go to college. And the Army afforded me the opportunity.

My ex-girlfriend influenced me to join the Army. I did it to piss her off. Boy did she get the last laugh!

The Iran hostage crisis.

A professional colleague convinced me to join the National Guard and the. Active duty

My parents....Dont run away from home unless you have a job...I was 19

My dad he was a 32 year three war veteran of the navy, he served in world war 2 korea and Vietnam. and my uncles on both sides of the family 1 from dad's side served in the army in the pacific theater and another brother was a merchant marine as well as two of my mom's brothers, who also served in europe in the Army. Dad served on Kaiser Coffins or jeep carriers in both the Pacific and Atlantic During world war two. Made two round the world cruises on The Shangri La in the fifties and a bunch of med cruises on the Forrestal in the 1960's.

My Brother, retired army