Everybody has a story. The older we get, the more stories we have...but people tend to think the opposite. "What do old folks know about anything?" Especially technology. Our friend, Pat, is part of the "Greatest Generation." He's 93. He was, and is, a United States Marine. He served in World War II.
But he didn't do battle in the traditional sense. He went to Auburn University (before it was called Auburn.) He was then tapped by the Marines. They sent him to study at Harvard and MIT.
Then on to work on something so new and classified that it was top secret. It was called "radar." Pat didn't invent it - but he worked on it.
Later on he designed missile programs. What he was most proud of was designing a non nuclear missile system. It could take out a missile.
He's just an old man with a cane - but he went from being a teenage school janitor to changing our defense system.
Everybody has a story. How cool is that?
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But he didn't do battle in the traditional sense. He went to Auburn University (before it was called Auburn.) He was then tapped by the Marines. They sent him to study at Harvard and MIT.
Then on to work on something so new and classified that it was top secret. It was called "radar." Pat didn't invent it - but he worked on it.
Later on he designed missile programs. What he was most proud of was designing a non nuclear missile system. It could take out a missile.
He's just an old man with a cane - but he went from being a teenage school janitor to changing our defense system.
Everybody has a story. How cool is that?
