[AnAmericanMother]

If he went to the Citadel he couldn't be very smart.:)

He didn't have any choice in the matter! His rather masterful widowed mother (who lived to be 103 and played in a duplicate bridge tournament a week before she died) called him in one day and told him, "I think you need more male influence in your life." He said, "Yes, Ma'am." She said, "So I have enrolled you in The Citadel." He said, "Yes, Ma'am." And that, as they say, was that.

[U S Army EOD]

My grandmother who would be the same generation also made it to 103. The earliest memories of her childhood were relatives leaving home to fight in the war, The Spanish American war. Both of our grandmothers were advanced in years when the Titanic sunk.

We had one or two people at North Georgia when I was there who were told by the judge, "You seem to be a bright young man, I will give you your choice, go to college at NGC or go to jail".

As far as the true male influence at the Citadel, we at North Georgia College would always question that.

As far and brains and getting in EOD, I had and I am sure your father had a few of, "What am I doing here", thoughts. :}