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It is tough but it is the life that he signed on for when he joined the Navy.
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He left college after two years to work as a ranch hand until he joined the Navy in 1999.
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After being kicked out of Ohio University for unruly behavior, he joined the Navy and served for three years during World War II.
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He joined the Navy before the September 11 attacks.
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He had grown up in Corsicana and, after graduating from high school, in 1963, he had joined the Navy, serving as a medic in Vietnam, where he was wounded on four occasions.
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In 1987 he joined the Royal Navy (Fleet Air Arm) as a lieutenant, initially to learn to navigate helicopters, and then as an environmental expert and instructor.
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So he joined the merchant navy.
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He was joined by crew members of a Navy gunboat he commanded during the that war.
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When drafted in 1942, he overcame his pacifist scruples and joined the navy as a junior officer.
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He flew Navy fighter jets during the Korean War in the 1950s, and joined the US space programme in 1962.
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He failed his 11-plus, left school with no qualifications, and joined the Merchant Navy for four years "to see the world".
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