paul burkett:
CLASS OF 1975
Greater Johnstown High SchoolClass of 1975
Johnstown, PA
paul's Story
Hello, after graduation I did nothing for a solid year, that I had understanding parents was a blessing! After odd jobs and other such things, I joined the U.S.Navy! I felt it was time to challenge myself, as I felt time was slipping by fast, and leaving me behind. My best bud Ed Kirkwood went in right after graduation, thanks to all the stories my Father told us! So I walked in one day, and the next I was headed to Submarine school! Great Lakes, then San Diego, (I LOVE San Diego), finally back to Groton CT for specialized training. My God the friends I made! Me the wall flower! Had no choice, the team concept really did get you through the tough parts of training! I walked aboard the USS Groton, SSN 694 and spent the majority of the next four years in a time capsule! Set sail in Winter,...Expand for more
came home the next Winter! Leave in Spring, pack summer clothes, return to minus five below!!! Fell in love with Scotland, and Bermuda. Returned home in January of '86. Took another year off, and had to decompress my hyper sense of awareness and my language! (Had an alarm clock that sounded like a "Major Steam Leak Alarm"..found myself at the bottom of the stairs, pulling my pants up, after clearing all the stairs at once, and waking, realizing I was home as I heard my very sensitive and caring brother laughing his ass off!) The clock no longer exists! My Father and Brother came to visit me in '85 at Groton, and got me hooked on collecting old toys! During this year off, my Brother Tom and I began what would become a lifelong obsession with picking antique toys from all over the world!
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