Jim Grant
goes to Sea... 10 November 1958. The caption under this 11
December Plainville News photo read as follows: "James D. Grant of 28 Stillwell
Drive, recent became the 15,000th man to be processed at the Armed Forces
Examining Station at New Haven during 1958. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Grant, he enlisted in the Navy for four years. He was graduated from Plainville
High School. Man at the right is Staff Sergeant Theodore W. Kinnaird, Chief
Clerk at the Examining Station." |
Jim went
on to qualify for submarine duty. Shown above is a photo of a 'Guppy' class
sub taken at the Submarine Base in New London, Connecticut. The Submarine
insignia is shown at the top of the photo. |
