David McElheney:  

The best years of my childhood was living at Ft. Knox. I met so many people and made so many friends.I attended school from the fifth through my Sophmore year.My dad got orders to Korea and I had to attend North Hardin High for my Junior year. My dad returneds and I was back to finish my high school years at FKHS. I hung around for about nine months after graduation. The war in Vietnam was starting to get real bad. Harold Irwin and I decided that we should join the Navy. So in March of 1965, we enlisted in the Navy caught a Destroyer out of Hawaii, and I went to Assault Boat school at Little Creek Amphibious Base Norfolk Virginia. After scool, I was assighne to The Tank Landing Ship USS Grant Count LST 1174. I spent two years aboard the ship making cruises to the Meditterian and the Caribbean. Received orders to shore duty to serve with Force Supply Office with Comphiblant Staff. This was under the Command of Admiral John McCain Sr. I left the Navy in 1969 and went to...Expand for more