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GREW UP IN PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATED FROM SPRING FORD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1966 THEN ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND MADE HIS CAREER - STARTED HIS MARTIAL ARTS TRAIING IN OKINAWA IN 1966-67 WITH MASTER TATSUO SHIMABUKU IN ISSHINRYU BEFORE HEADING TO VIETNAM MOVED TO FLORIDA 1988 HIGHLY DECORATED VIETNAM COMBAT VETERAN UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SERVED IN TET OFFENSIVE VIETNAM 1967-1968 SERVED WITH 1st BATTALION /9th MARINES / BRAVO COMPANY (THE WALKING DEAD) HEAD NCOIC INSTRUCTOR AT QUANTICO VIRGINIA (THE BASIC SCHOOL) WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR FOR OFFICERS AFTER SERVING IN VIETNAMSOME OF HIS MILITARY AWARDS ARE AS FOLLOWS: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL w stars, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CROSS OF GALLANTRY, VIETNAM CIVIL ACTION MEDAL, NAVY UNIT CITATION, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT COMMENDATION, PRESIDENTIAL CITATION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL, NAVY COMMENDATION, PURPLE HEART w star and THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON ALSO RIFLE AND PISTOL SHARPSHOO