I WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA, PA ON FEBRUARY 13,1953
I GREW UP IN NEW JERSEY AND LIVED THERE UNTIL 1971 WHEN I JOINED THE NAVY. I SPENT 10 YEARS IN THE NAVY AND WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO VISIT VIET NAM AND PARTICIPATE IN OPERATION EAGLE PULL, FREQUENT WIND,OPERATION BABYLIFT,WHICH EVACUATED PEOPLE AFTER THE FALL OF SIAGON. AND THE MAYAQUEZ RESUCUE INCIDENT, PROJECT HANDCLASP, OPERATION PAGASA II. I RECIEVED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, THE MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION,GOOD CONDUCT AWARD, NATIONAL DEFENCE SERVICE AWARD, ARMED FORCES EXPIDITIONARY AWARD, VIET NAM SERVICE AWARD, HUMANITARIAN SERVICE AWARD, SEA SERVICE DEPLOYMENT AWARD AND VIET NAM SERVICE CAMPAIGN AWARD.
