Bio: Pawlowicz, Gary C. – Seaman (Graduates Basic – 1967)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Pawlowicz

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 13 Apr 1967

Great Lakes, Illinois – Seaman Recruit Gary C. Pawlowicz, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pawlowicz of route 2, Withee (Clark Co., Wis.), has been graduated from nine weeks of Navy Basic Training at the Naval Center here.

In the first weeks of his Naval service he studied military subjects and lived and worked under condition similar to those he will encounter on his first ship or at his first shore station.

In making the transition from civilian life to Naval service, her received instruction under veteran Navy petty officers. He studied seamanship, as well as survival techniques, military drill and other subjects.