TBS 2-67 Cruisebook_Updated_7Jan23

Carl, Cuu, Mark Campaigne
Skip Stephenson, Carl Fulford
Mary Ann and Carl, Lois Moore
Logan Thomas Gay, Jr.
Second Platoon
Nickname: Tom
My Life Before Attending TBS: I was born in Cuthbert,
Georgia, a small town in southwest Georgia, where we
lived with my grandparents while my father was away
in the Army in Europe during WW II. After the war we
moved to Atlanta where my father took a job with a
construction company. A few years later he started his
own small construction company. I grew up in Atlanta
and attended school there. When I was 12 I got my first
summer job as a pin setter at a bowling alley. At 13 my
summer job was pumping gas and washing windshields
at a gas station...and just think, they talk today about
job obsolescence as if it's a new thing. All through
junior high and high school I played football, ran track,
and during the summers I water skied. I graduated
from Northside High School in Atlanta in 1962. At the
urging of my high school counselor and my father, I
applied for the NROTC Program and was offered a
regular scholarship to Georgia Tech, which was my
first college choice and was also my father's alma
mater. I had an active and fun life at Georgia Tech. I
was president of my class, president of my fraternity
(S.A.E.), and I was the Battalion Commander of the
NROTC Unit my senior year. I chose the Marine option
because I had always believed the Marine Corps was
the world's best fighting force. My MOI at Ga.Tech,
Maj. Rollin Powell, also influenced my decision to join
the Marines. I graduated in June 1966 and was off to
Quantico for my Bulldog Summer experience. I
received my regular commission on 02 Sept. and
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