his father, who served in the army, taught history and cupp football. so our guest was involved in sports while his mother kept active in community and academics. he was to meet his future bride when he was 3 years old. their parents had been classmates. in high school, he was the water boy for his father's football team. good practice for working in washington. then the trainer, manager and that a quarterback. he stepped in and saved the day during a state championship when the first string quarterback was injured. he grew up believing he could do anything with hard work and set his sights on an amendment to the naval academy, something that was not in the cards in the segregation of the south. he wrote the vice-president johnson for a recommendation but was told to write back when he was older. after johnson became president, he wrote again and two weeks later, a navy recruiter knocked on his door and the rest is history. he graduated in 1968 and was commissioned as a contender in the marines, later stationed in thailand. back home in the u.s., statio