During my off time, I practically lived at Andersen AFB. During our off time we were on our motorcycles, on the beach, in the water, at natural water falls, and streams in the jungle. During the 15 months in Guam we worked and played. I had a cousin who was married to an Air Force Sargent who also received orders to Andersen AFB, I arrived in November and he in December. Sounded exciting! Not knowing it at the time, this was going to be a memory of a lifetime. Navy Communications Station, NSG Department Guam, Marianas Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. My first duty station assignment was going to be the U. After learning Morse code, I was placed in Class 01T with a graduation in October. I arrived in Pensacola, FL in April 1963. As it turned out, selection as a Communications Technician was going to be the best thing to happen to this young and innocent graduate who was from a poor family.
Which school was a matter of discussion at some future date but I thought I wanted to be a Yeoman. During discussion with the recruiter I requested a good school as part of my contract. Several weeks later I joined the Navy on 30 August 1962. So, I took a temporary job bussing tables at a local restaurant In Huntington, WV, my home town and the place where I grew up. While I had held a variety of jobs, including foreman in a roofing company, construction was not what I wanted to do. I had been turned down for employment just because of Vietnam. My dream job at the time was to become an accountant with the railroad.
In the summer of 1962, Vietnam was on the minds of almost all high school graduates and prospective employers.
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