Sandra Cannon:  

Hello everyone, Ive decided to write my profile in hopes that some of my classmates from the June class of 1963 will say hello.. I turned 63 this year as have many of you. After High School I went to Wayne State University whereas many of you ventured to Michigan, Michigan State and other schools away from home. Because of finances and no serious romance I joined the Navy Nurse Corps in my senior year of College. My first duty station was in a large hospital in Queens NY called St Albans. It had over 1000 beds, lots of medical interns, residents, and other military officers. It was like single heaven actually. The summer before I left for the Navy was incredible. Taking State Board exams to qualify as a Registered Nurse, and the riots in Detroit are vivd even after all these years. My classmates from WSU and I watched the rioting crowds, breaking windows and setting fires while we tried to review for our exam in our room in Lansing. Several of our classmates were trapped in the Intensive Care and Emergency Depts at Detroit General because it wasnt safe to leave the hospital. This resulted in them having to take their exams at another time. Driving to the Naval Station on the river, seeing only a few cars and truck loads of armed National Guard seems like yesterday. A month of indoctrination at the Naval Station in Rhode Island was to turn us new grads into Navy Officers. Needless to say I met my husband (former) among all the eligi...Expand for more