Monty Price

I was born on December 24, 1960 in Louisville, Kentucky at the Norton Hospital. My Mother is now in heaven and died on May of 1996 from smoking, with complications of her lungs. When I was at the age of six my Dad left my Mother and gained custody of my Sister Jeannette and myself. My sister was born in 1965 and then a year later we moved to Harrods-burg Kentucky with my Aunt Mary and my Grandmother. I lived with my Aunt Mary and my Grandmother for 2 years in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Then at 8 years old my Dad remarried and we moved to Lexington, Kentucky to be with our step mother. After living at 359 Springhill Drive for 2 years we moved to Darien, Connecticut resulting from my Dads knew job with the telephone company. My Dad worked for General Telephone and Electronics and commuted to New York City every day to his job. Then later on the company moved to Stamford, Connecticut and now this was a better situation for my Dad. After, the company moved to Stamford my Dad had more time for us and was glad he did not have commute to his job anymore in New York City. We moved to Darien, Connecticut in 1971 and I was in the third grade and was a student at Holmes School and I was about 10 years old. Then my step Brother Daniel Preston Price was about 1 years old. My step brother was born in 1970 at Lexington, Kentucky. I lived in Connecticut about eight years and enlisted in the United States Navy at the age of 18 years old. I went to Navy Boot Camp at Great Lakes Illinois and went to the fleet and became a Plankowner onboard the USS Thorn DD-88 home-ported in Charleston, South Carolina. While in the Navy I worked toward getting my GED and then after my enlistment was over I enrolled at Brookhaven College. Also, I was a student at Video Technical Institute for a short while. Furthermore, I was a student at Dallas Christian College. After the Navy I moved to Dallas, Texas and moved back home with my parents. I enlisted in the Navy on 14JUN1979 and had a wonderful tour of duty. Then I served in the inactive reserves from 1983 to 1985 and completed my obligation to the Navy.
The USS Thorn DD-988 was made to be interchangeable with its technology and sophis-ticated warfare equipment. This warship could travel at speeds of 30 plus knots and its pupulsion had the latest technology with 2 propellers that enabled it to have excellent maneuverability on the high seas. Also, it had the most complex steering console that you could put the ship into autopilot