William Powers:  

Life SOON AFTER HS GRADUATION IN JAN. '55, I WENT ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE NAVY (I HAD JOINED THE RESERVES IN '53). I HAD WHAT I REGARD AS THE MOST INTERESTING AND EXCITING CAREER IN THE NAVY ANYBODY COULD HAVE ASKED FOR. I SERVED AS A PHOTOJOURNALIST AND SPENT 7 YEARS ABROAD IN NORTH AFRICA, THE PHILIPPINES AND VIETNAM. ALSO HAD TOURS IN WASHINGTON DC AND SAN DIEGO AND TWO FULL YEARS OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOJOURNALISM. I WAS IN AND OUT OF VIETNAM, DOING STORIES, FOR VARIOUS PERIODS OF TIME FROM 1965 TO 1973, FORTUNATELY WITHOUT GETTING A SCRATCH (WELL, MAYBE ONE). I RETIRED FROM THE NAVY AS A SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER WITH ABOUT 22 YEARS OF SERVICE IN '74. I WAS MARRIED TO MY FIRST WIFE, BONNIE, IN 1957. I MET HER WHILE STATIONED IN WASHINGTON DC. WE HAD TWO CHILDREN. BONNIE PASSED AWAY, AT 46, IN 1981. SALLY (MY SECOND WIFE) AND I MARRIED IN '89. AFTER RETIRING FROM THE NAVY I FINISHED MY ASSOCIATE AND BACHELOR DEGREES--SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, CLASS OF '77. I HAD CO...Expand for more