Pat Gurr:  

Life Two weeks after graduating from OHS I was in the U.S. Navy. I volunteered for submarine duty and served 2-1/2 years aboard the USS Thornback SS-418 home ported in Key West and later Charleston. Made two trips across the Atlantic to Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey. The highlight of my Navy service was being nominated to attend the U.S. Naval Academy, but I failed the entrance exam, probably due to skipping too many classes at OHS. I discharged from the Navy in 1960 as a machinist second class (E5), attended linotype school in NY and became a printer (served my apprenticeship at the Ocala Star-Banner), married Virginia Sims in 1964, had one son, Ty, in 1966. Worked in GA, ...Expand for more