Because I had worked the river boats some summers, pushing as far as New Orleans, I joined the Merchant Marine.

As a youngster I worked the river boats going down the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, pushing barges to Chicago, then all the way down to New Orleans.

Another thing I recall was falling in love with Shirley Temple when I was nine or ten.

I think you always have regrets.

Well, The Dirty Dozen was like a vacation.

That tv box has a tremendous capacity to reach people.

Because I had worked the river boats some summers, pushing as far as New Orleans, I joined the Merchant Marine.