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I was 19, and not going in a direction that I felt would lead me to the</b></div> <div> <B>kind of life that I wanted. At that time I had graduated from Westport High School in Kansas City,</b></div> <div> <B>Missouri, had completed one year of Junior College, and had worked various jobs that really had no meaning or future. I decided to follow a childhood dream, and add much needed adventure to my life, I enlisted in the US Navy. My goal was to be a 'submariner'. After boot camp in San Diego, Ca. and Sub School in Groton, Connecticut, I was assigned to my first duty station in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. My boat was to be the USS Benjamin Franklin SSBN640 (Gold Crew).</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>It was in Hawaii where I met my wife to be, Janet. We met one night at a popular night club, called 'The Beef and Grog', on Waikiki Beach. This was in 1967. A friend, Fred Lynch, and myself were out on the town, as we did many times, when we went into the club. We looked around and did notice two girls sitting at the bar with who appeared to be two Marines. It was kind of early and not much was happening here so we left. We walked about one block, turned and looked at each other, and both said at the same time, "lets go back"! This was to be fate in the beginning stages. When we went back into the club, the two girls and Marines were still at the bar. Fred and I got a table for four. When the band started, we immediately got up and asked the girls to dance and to join us. They said the Marines would have to join us too. We took them by the hands, went to the dance floor and didn't let them stop dancing until the two Marines left. At first I was with the girl that was with Janet. However as the night progressed, I asked Janet for the next dance. It turned out to be a slow dance! We fit so well in each others arms that we continued to dance, song after song. Janet says that I told her, "I'm going to marry you"! I guess I must have, we were married on July 12th, 1969.</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Now over 30+ years later she is still my best friend, and the greatest wife I could have ever asked for. We have two great children, David Andrew and Rebecca Jane, both grown and out on their own making and following their own adventures and dreams.</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dreams do come true!!!!</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="27bc1ce0.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">           <IMG SRC="27cd7ce0.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">          <IMG SRC="27df2ce0.jpg" border=0 width="242" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Young Lovers! Hawaii 1968.</b>       <B>Being Knighted lasts a                </b>     <B>My two "hunnies".</b></div> <div> <B>                                                            lifetime!!!</b></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="27f21ce0.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                <IMG SRC="281a2ce0.jpg" border=0 width="162" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">               <IMG SRC="29b88ce0.jpg" border=0 width="136" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>The beginning of a great romance!                       Wow!!!! Janet.                              My Sweetie!</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="29cd7ce0.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">          <IMG SRC="27ec2ce0.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div>  <B>Jan in Hawaiian Parade.                  Our Wedding Day!!!</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> **********************************************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="family_photo_gallery"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></b><B>"Family Photo Gallery"</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>     </b><A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="David Andrew"><U><B>David Andrew</b></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>     </b><A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rebecca Jane"><U><B>Rebecca Jane</b></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>     </b><A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mom, Dad, Pets"><U><B>Mom, Dad, & Pets</b></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> **********************************************************************************************************</div> <div>                                                                          </div> <bR> <div>                                                   <SCRIPT LANGUAGE = "JavaScript">  </SCRIPT>                               </div> <div>   <center> <a href="http://mars.guestworld.com/wgb/wgbsign.dbm?owner=davesisson">Sign My Guestbook</a> <a href="http://www.guestworld.com"><img src="http://www.guestworld.com/gif/GuestWorldbutton.gif" height="31" width="87" align="absmiddle" border="0" alt="Guestbook by GuestWorld"></a> <a href="http://mars.guestworld.com/wgb/wgbview.dbm?owner=davesisson">View My Guestbook</a> </center>                               </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:mail@davesisson.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:mail@davesisson.com"><U><IMG SRC="31b43320.png" border=0 width="67" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>                                                                                                                                           <A HREF="http://www.trellix.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.trellix.com"><U><IMG SRC="2b652280.png" border=0 width="82" height="40" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>