Charles Clause:  

after graduation i spent the summer in the dc area then matriculated to the virginia military institute. after completion of my freshman year i transferred to the university of texas in austin. christmas and summer breaks i spent in athens greece where my father was stationed at the time ( working for aafes ). took a year off from college and went to hawaii where my father had been transferred. learned how to body surf at sandy beach and then makapu point. was a courier while there, driving around the island. rough job! also saw a major rock concert every week. back to austin for more college but not being a serious student i embarked upon a journery into the us navy. boot camp and some follow-up schools in san diego, where i had a great time. found la jolla and blacksbeach where did more body surfing. and answered the question of where the hell la jolla was from the old beach boys song. more navy schools in orlando, for nuclear training, ( did disney world, saw space launches, traveled to key west, had to see what hemingway saw ), more schooling in connecticut, hands on nuclear training, ( traveled around the new england area on my 4 day off time ) eventually ended up in charleston, sc for fbm ( fleet ballistic submarine ) duty. normally missle subs stay out at sea, but was lucky enough to pull into lisbon on 1 patrol and rotterdam on another. sub was mostly out of holy locke scotland but didnt have much time to see anything but edinburgh. after 4 years transferred to the puget sound ad-38, a destroyer tender, stationed in gaeta, italy. worked on surface ships. 2 weeks in home port, 2 weeks in foreign port. saw barcelona, palma de majorca, malaga, toulon, ville de france, marseille, athens, izmir, alexandria, trieste, dubrovnick, jafia and naples. having lived in overseas i took advantantage of the area and became culturally over...Expand for more