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Vern Bouwman's
Navy Records

i.e. Herman LaVerne Bouwman

I did pretty well on the tests, all above average.
I would have gone to Pensacola for pilot school
 but my deaf ear stopped that.
If everything goes all right, I might still build a ship model.

BEFORE the Navy
BOOTCAMP  - October 1953
Don't Ask - Don't Tell - Feb. 2010
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<<This cartoon was in my 1953 School Annual


Training Record
On June 24th, 1955 my rate of SK was recorded.
I achieved that by passing the Disbursing Clerk Course.


Vern's Encounters - 1955
DISCHARGE - Sept. 29, 1955
This was a horrible and humiliating experience for me.
DISCHARGE REVIEW - 1962
DISCHARGE REVIEW - 1965
HANGING IN A DRESS - 1960-62
Same Sex COMMENTARY - 2009
Redefine GAY - 2009
Proceedings Magazine - Nov. 2009
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