The Life of the Son of a Sharecropper to the Boiler Room of the USS Toledo CA. 133

I decided I was going into the navy on 7-16-1956 I went up to Columbia S.C. took all the test and was sworn in then I was sent to great lakes Illinois for basic training for ten weeks. After basic training I was stationed on the main side of the great lakes training center for approximately one year waiting on the ship. I was assigned to a ship on the west coast long beach California the USS Toledo ca 133. It was 7-4-1957 that is when I got to the boiler room! When I walked into the boiler I was stunned I thought to myself what have I gotten myself into . So as time went on I began learning little by little and after 3 to 4 months I began to feel a little better and after 6 months I began to love my job for the next 30 years.