I went back to Idaho and made it through prototype. (2nd hardest thing I ever did). Made four patrols on the U.S.S. Thomas Jefferson, SSBN 618 Gold Crew Made E-6. Got out January 1973.

Worked for Otis Elevator for 22 years starting as an electronics technican and finishing as senior Facilities Engineer.

Got a BGS from Indiana University and an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Quit Otis on February 15, 1995 and hiked the entire Appalachian Trail. Started on March 1 and finished on October 11, 1995. (Hardest thing I ever did).

Currently teaching Industrial Maintenance Technology at Ivy Tech State College in Bloomington. Pay sucks, but the time off has potential.

Was on an episode of "Rescue 911" several years ago, about a cave rescue that I directed in Spring Mill State Park in Indiana. I was National Cave Rescue Coordinator for the National Speleological Society from 1985 through 1991.

Divorced from Vickie in 1976. Two kids. Daughter Kerri, 25, married with I child, Kelsey Lynn Jean, 6 years old. Son Christopher, 23, in Navy on U.S.S. Klakring FFG-42 as Electroncis
Warfare Technican.

Life is great. looking forward to a reunion.

Don
Don Paquette, 835 S. Hickory Dr., Bloomington, IN 47403. (812) 332-4219