"William, I was at Great Lakes the same time as you were. I was 1st Platoon Leader, Company 353. I was about a month behind you. I joined the Navy in Hawaii and was suppose to go to San Diego for boot camp, you are correct about Sprinal Meningitis…"
I was in company 224, June 1963-Sept. 1963. went to uss oriskany cva 34 for 6 months then to shipfitter A School. I spent my remaining enlistment on uss simon lake AS33. As I recall there was a Spinal Meningitis out break in SanDiego at this time.…