NTC 1942

It was late October 1942 when I arrived at USNTC San Diego. Company 42-649. As best as I can remember the training period was 21 days. Long enough for us to get a haircut, shots and uniforms. I was 17 years old. Three weeks later I started Radio School.

In April 1943 I graduated from Radio School as 6th in the class of 128 and advanced to Radioman 3/c. I still have a picture of my Boot Company class and my class at Radio School.

There is one other shipmate, still living, that I went to Radio School with. We had duty again in San Diego at Imperial Beach, Calif., in 1955.
We last met at a reunion in September 2002.

We are both USN retired now and have many "Sea Stories" to talk about. I have many memories of San Diego.

Take care.

C.R. (Red) Stephens
Tampa, Florida

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