What are the odds? That on day one in the US Navy, I'd learn that my Company Commander's name is Daniels, he's black and wants to know if he and I are related. Also, I learned that racism was indeed alive and well, but I also learned that it was tolerated in the slightest. "Mama Mama can't you see, what the Navy's done to me." Jimmy Largent and Steve Cavanaugh were great friends in Boot Camp, and I'm sure glad I met these old boys. And I hope life has been good to Petty Officer Daniels and Chief Hooker, they made us Sailors in quick fashion.
